Case Name: Luis Enrique QUEVEDO; et al., Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-12
Citations: 158 F. App'x 52
Docket Number: No. 04-70473
Parties: Luis Enrique QUEVEDO; et al., Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, w! FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 158
Pages: 52–53

Head Matter:
Luis Enrique QUEVEDO; et al., Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-70473.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2005.
Decided Dec. 12, 2005.
Arielle N. Bases, Esq., Bases & Bases, Encino, CA, for Petitioners.
Before: GOODWIN, w! FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Luis Enrique Quevedo ("petitioner"), and his three children, Monica Del Pilar Quevedo, Natali Quevedo, and Luis Enrique Quevedo, Jr., all natives and citizens of Peru, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge's ("U") denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We review the IJ's decision for substantial evidence and may reverse only if the evidence compels such a result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that petitioners failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution based on an enumerated ground. Because petitioner was the subject of a criminal investigation regarding the operation of his import business, and was subpoenaed and given an opportunity to appear with his defense attorney and defend himself, and there is no evidence that petitioner was ever questioned on account of an enumerated ground, petitioner fails to establish eligibility for asylum. See id.
Because petitioners failed to establish eligibility for asylum, it follows that they faded to establish eligibility for withholding of deportation. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, petitioners contend that the BIA erred by not considering "new evidence" which they provided with their brief to the BIA. Because this evidence would not have altered the BIA's determination, this contention lacks merit.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Í