Case Name: Minaj MOMIN, Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-20
Citations: 210 F. App'x 446
Docket Number: No. 06-60172
Parties: Minaj MOMIN, Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 210
Pages: 446–448

Head Matter:
Minaj MOMIN, Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-60172.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 20, 2006.
William F. Harmeyer, William F. Harmeyer & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Minaj Momin, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an order of the immigration judge (IJ) denying her application for withholding of removal. Momin has waived any challenge to the BIA's denial of her asylum application as untimely or her request for relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Calderon-Ontiveros v. INS, 809 F.2d 1050, 1052 (5th Cir.1986).
This court must defer to the BIA's decision unless substantial evidence compels a contrary conclusion. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). Where, as here, the BIA has adopted and affirmed the IJ's decision and also included additional comments supporting its affirmance, this court has jurisdiction to review both the BIA's and the IJ's decisions. See, e.g., Chun v. INS, 40 F.3d 76, 78 (5th Cir.1994).
Momin challenges the IJ's determination that she is not entitled to withholding of removal based on her Muslim religion. She contends that she established her eligibility for withholding of removal under the INA by adducing evidence that there was frequent violence between Hindus and Muslims in the state of Gujarat, where she is from; that her brother's store in Gujarat was burned down during such violence; that Hindus attack Muslim women; and that a Mend of her family's was attacked by Hindus.
The record evidence in the instant case does not compel a conclusion contrary to the determination that Momin was not entitled to withholding of removal under the INA. See Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 138 (5th Cir.2004). The IJ found that Momin had failed to show government complicity in the ongoing Hindu-Muslim violence or a probability that violence would be directed towards Momin on account of her religion. The IJ further noted that Momin's family, both in Gujarat and Bombay, had lived without trouble since the large riots in Gujarat in February 2002. Momin does not contest the IJ's suggestion that she could return without fear to Bombay, if not Gujarat itself. Mo-min offers only conclusory, unsupported assertions that she will be persecuted if she returns to India. Her claim is unavailing. See Roy, 389 F.3d at 138.
PETITION DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.