Rodrigo v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Vuyanee Rodrigo petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We deny the petition.

We review legal conclusions of the BIA de novo, de Martinez v. Ashcroft, 374 F.3d 759, 761 (9th Cir.2004). To the extent the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision as its *574own, we treat the IJ’s statement of reasons as the BIA’s in reviewing the appeal. Gonzalez v. INS, 82 F.3d 903, 907 (9th Cir.1996). The BIA’s determination that an alien is not eligible for asylum must be upheld if “supported by reasonable, substantial, and…