Court Opinion

ID: 8445576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 22:00:24.826269+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:54.575650
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MEMORANDUM **
Emma Estrella Luna Polit, a native and citizen of Ecuador, petitions for review of the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming and adopting the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, see Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000), we deny the petition.
The BIA declined to adopt the IJ’s adverse credibility finding, but affirmed the IJ’s conclusion that Polit did not meet her burden of proving eligibility for asylum. Polit did not adduce evidence sufficient to compel a finding of past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution based on enumerated grounds. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir. 1995).
Because Polit faded to prove eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Al-Harbi v. INS, 242 F.3d 882, 888-89 (9th Cir.2001). Polit also failed to establish that she is entitled to relief under the Convention Against Torture because she did not show that it was more likely than not that she would be tortured if she returned to Ecuador. See *1598 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2) (2004). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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