Case Name: Mohammed IBRAHIM; Yasmin Fauzia; Abidur Rahman, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-15
Citations: 451 F. App'x 639
Docket Number: No. 07-73069
Parties: Mohammed IBRAHIM; Yasmin Fauzia; Abidur Rahman, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and McCUSKEY, Chief District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 451
Pages: 639–640

Head Matter:
Mohammed IBRAHIM; Yasmin Fauzia; Abidur Rahman, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73069.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Sept. 2, 2011.
Filed Sept. 15, 2011.
Carlos A. Cruz, Esquire, Law Offices of Carlos A. Cruz, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioners.
OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-Distriet Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and McCUSKEY, Chief District Judge.
The Honorable Michael Patrick McCuskey, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Mohammed Ibrahim, his wife Yasmin Fauzia, and their son Abidur Rahman (collectively "Petitioners"), natives and citizens of Bangladesh, petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals adopting and affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of Petitioners' applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Petitioners asserted fear of future persecution on account of Yasmin's conversion to Christianity.
Yasmin was found not to be eligible for asylum because she filed years after the passage of the one-year deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(2)(i)(A). She contends that she has demonstrated "changed" or "extraordinary" circumstances pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)-(5), justifying the delay.
The IJ made an adverse credibility finding with respect to her assertion that she converted to Christianity. Yasmin converted nearly ten years after arriving in the United States and a few months after the initiation of her husband's removal proceedings. The IJ's adverse credibility finding is supported by substantial evidence. Not only was the timing of the alleged conversion suspicious, but Yasmin could not state the correct name of the church she said that she attended. Her stated reasons for converting to Christianity supported the IJ's conclusion that she converted only to stay in the United States and not because of her religious belief.
Substantial evidence also supports the IJ's determination that Yasmin has failed to establish a clear probability that she will be persecuted in Bangladesh. Neither the country reports nor the alleged threatening letters support her claim. The letters, which Yasmin claims show that a fatwa was issued against her in retaliation for her conversion, were written before her alleged conversion and bore no indication of having been mailed from Bangladesh.
The petition for review is DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.