Solongo Gantumur v. Eric Holder, Jr. ( 2012 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 06 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SOLONGO GANTUMUR, No. 09-71437
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-846-928
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 21, 2012 **
Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Solongo Gantumur, a native and citizen of Mongolia, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Molina-
*
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).
Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir. 2001), and we deny the petition for
review.
Gantumur was harmed by her employer when she refused his demand to
falsely claim she embezzled funds. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s
conclusion that Gantumur did not demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded
fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See id. at 1052(personal retribution by a prominent politician was not persecution on account of a
protected ground); Grava v. INS, 205 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir. 2000)
(“Whistleblowing against one’s supervisors at work is not, as a matter of law,
always an exercise of political opinion.”). Accordingly, Gantumur’s asylum claim
fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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