Yakub

Yakub v. Mukasey

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284 F. App'x 418
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 1, 2008No. 04-73767California338 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Moe Lin Yakub, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, see Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Yakub failed to establish past persecution. See id. at 1016-17 (concluding that petitioner did not suffer past persecution, although she was pushed, teased, bothered, discriminated against and harassed, because she never suffered any significant physical violence). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s conclusion that Yakub failed to establish she has a well-founded fear of future persecution because, although she is a member of a disfavored group, she failed to demonstrate the requisite individualized risk of persecution. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004). Further, the record does not compel the conclusion that the…

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