Cardoza Laro v. Holder , 362 F. App'x 816 ( 2010 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 21 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CARIEN NURIEN CARDOZA LARO, No. 07-71594
Petitioner, Agency No. A097-741-543
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 11, 2010 **
Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Carien Nurien Cardoza Laro, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and withholding
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for
substantial evidence, INS v. Elias Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n.1 (1992), and we
deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of Cardoza Laro’s asylum
and withholding of removal claims, because she failed to establish that she was
persecuted on account of any protected ground. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d
1166, 1170-72 (9th Cir. 2002) (affirming BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding
of removal where petitioners failed to prove their persecution was on account of a
social group or imputed political opinion).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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