NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 20a0256n.06 No. 19-3813 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT May 06, 2020 DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk CHIBUZOR GLORIA AGU, ) ) Petitioner, ) ON PETITION FOR REVIEW ) FROM THE UNITED STATES v. ) BOARD OF IMMIGRATION ) APPEALS WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, ) ) OPINION Respondent. ) ) BEFORE: MERRITT, GUY, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges. JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. Chibuzor Gloria Agu’s ex-husband threatened and attacked her on three occasions in Nigeria, violent incidents that she claims were persecution on the basis of her religious practices. Because there is substantial evidence to support the conclusion that these three incidents were not persecution and that Agu can safely return to Nigeria, we AFFIRM the Board of Immigration Appeal’s denial of her claims for asylum and withholding of removal. I. BACKGROUND Agu is a native and citizen of Nigeria. Between 1995 and 2014, Agu was married to and lived with her now ex-husband in Lagos, Nigeria. She testified that the ex-husband, who belonged to an occult group known as the Ogboni Fraternity, threatened and attacked her on three separate occasions prior to their divorce in 2014 that he initiated. On the first occasion, the ex-husband was upset and pushed her when he discovered that Agu, who belonged to the Pentecostal Church, No. 19-3813, Agu v. Barr had allowed her brother to pray in their home. On the second occasion, the ex-husband again pushed and slapped her when he found out that she was attending church. And on the third and most violent occasion, when the ex-husband requested and Agu refused to hand over keys to her store, he strangled and punched her, threw a concrete block at her, and threatened to kill and eat her if she ever came back to the house. Agu left her home, stayed in a hotel for a few days, went to live with her immediate family out of town for a few weeks, and then returned to Lagos and stayed with extended family for about sixteen months. During that time, Agu did not hear from or have any contact with the ex-husband, except when she heard that he had contacted a vigilante group to kill her. She reported this threat to the police commissioner, who arranged a meeting with her and the ex-husband. Agu testified that the police commissioner dismissed the issue and made statements implying that she would be harmed if she did not drop the complaint. Thereafter, neither Agu nor her family had any contact or threats from the ex-husband, and she continued to attend the same church during this time. Agu has also expressed fear for the terroristic activity of Boko Haram, who she said had kidnapped her brother in the past. Agu entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visitor visa around August 6, 2015. She remained past the period authorized on her visa and was issued a Notice to Appear by the Department of Homeland Security on October ...
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