Kaur

Kaur v. Gonzales

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228 F. App'x 730
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 19, 2007No. 05-76555California258 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Surinder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of *731 Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of asylum, -withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the BIA conducted a de novo review of the law and evidence, we review the decision of the BIA. We deny the petition. See Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Kaur faded to meet her burden of proving past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. Kaur’s allegations of mistreatment by Indian police during a single detention and isolated visits to her home do not rise to the level of past persecution, or form the basis of an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019-21 (9th Cir.2006) (Chinese national who was beaten 10 times with a rubber pipe and held three days by Chinese police on account of unsanctioned religious practice did not establish past persecution).

Because Kaur did not establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to establish a claim…

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