Case Name: Ashok Naranbhai PATEL; et al., Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-01-28
Citations: 265 F. App'x 617
Docket Number: No. 05-72625
Parties: Ashok Naranbhai PATEL; et al., Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 265
Pages: 617–618

Head Matter:
Ashok Naranbhai PATEL; et al., Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-72625.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 14, 2008 .
Filed Jan. 28, 2008.
Pardeep S. Grewal, Esq., Law Offices of Pardeep S. Grewal, Castro Valley, CA, for Petitioners.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Linda S. Wernery, Esq., William C. Minick, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HALL, O’SCANNLAIN and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ashok Naranbhai Patel, his wife Bhavana Ashok Patel, and their son Hardik Ashok Patel, natives and citizens of India, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision dismiss ing their appeal from an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their application for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and review for substantial evidence. Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000).
The record does not compel the conclusion that petitioners' untimely filing of their asylum application should be excused. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's and BIA's denial of petitioners' withholding of removal claim because the record does not compel the conclusion that Patel was persecuted or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).
Petitioners failed to establish a CAT claim because they did not show that it was more likely than not that they would be tortured if they returned to India. See Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2005).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.