Azizi
Azizi v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Mary Azizi, a native and citizen of Afghanistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We affirm.
Where, as here, the BIA adopts the decision of the IJ as its own, we review the decision of the IJ. See Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 999 (9th Cir.2005). We conclude that the IJ’s determination that Azizi failed to show past persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution if returned to Afghanistan is supported by substantial evidence. Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1229 (9th Cir.2002).
To support her past persecution claim, Azizi testified that she fled Afghanistan in 1992 because enemies of her husband, two Afghani brothers, killed members of her husband’s family, including a cousin and a brother, and threatened her life and that of her daughter. Azizi maintains that the brothers took these actions because of her husband’s political opinion.
On the basis of testimony, the IJ found that the action likely resulted from a personal vendetta. While political opinion need not be the exclusive…