Court Opinion

ID: 8470605
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-05 12:03:26.177858+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:49:18.425563
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MEMORANDUM **
Sufia Parveen, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, and her two minor children petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and de novo claims of due process violations, Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677 (9th Cir.2004). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Parveen contends she and her family were harmed after her husband, who worked as a customs official, refused to release an illegal shipment of goods to a political official. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that the harm Par-veen and her family suffered in the past, and the harm they fear in the future is not on account of a protected ground. See Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 481-84, 112 S.Ct. 812; see also Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1052 (9th Cir.2001) (purely personal retribution is not persecution on account of a political opinion); see also Grava v. INS, 205 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir.2000) (“salient question is whether [petitioner’s] actions were directed ... only against individuals whose corruption was aberrational”). Accordingly, Parveen failed to carry her burden of proof for asylum and withholding of removal. See Molina-Morales, 237 F.3d at 1052.
Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s denial of CAT relief because Par-veen failed to establish it is more likely than not that she will be tortured if she returns to Bangladesh. See Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2006).
Lastly, we lack jurisdiction to review petitioners’ due process contention because *334they failed to raise it to the BIA. See Barron, 358 F.3d at 677-78.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.