Elizabeth Cada v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 6 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ELIZABETH ZABALA CADA; No. 09-70454
RAYMUNDO R. CADA; JEREMY JOHN
CADA; APRIL ROSE CADA, Agency Nos. A072-120-911
A073-401-565
Petitioners, A073-401-566
A073-401-567
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, MEMORANDUM *
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 11, 2011 **
Before: THOMAS, SILVERMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Elizabeth Zabala Cada, her husband Raymundo R. Cada, and their two
children petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
dismissing Cada’s appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her
*
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).
application for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention
Against Torture (“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction
pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. When the Board adopts and affirms the IJ’s decision
and adds its own reasons, we review both decisions. See Nuru v. Gonzales, 404
F.3d 1207, 1215 (9th Cir. 2005). Reviewing jurisdictional questions de novo, Luu-
Le v. INS, 224 F.3d 911, 914 (9th Cir. 2000), and findings of fact for substantial
evidence, Zhang v. Gonzales, 408 F.3d 1239, 1244 (9th Cir. 2005), we deny in part
and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency’s determination that Cada did not suffer past persecution is
supported by substantial evidence. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1020-21
(9th Cir. 2006) (holding that one detention, beating, and interrogation, which did
not require medical treatment or result in adverse employment consequences, did
not constitute past persecution); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir. 1995)
(holding that one detention, beating, and interrogation, when no medical treatment
was required and it appeared the Fijian government had no continuing interest in
petitioner, did not constitute past persecution). Additionally, the agency’s
determination that Cada did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution
is supported by substantial evidence. Cada failed to “adduc[e] credible, direct, and
specific evidence in the record of facts that would support a reasonable fear of
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persecution.” Gu, 454 F.3d at 1019 (internal quotation marks and citations
omitted); see also id. at 1022; Prasad, 47 F.3d at 339.
Because Cada failed to establish eligibility for asylum, “it follows that [she]
cannot meet the more stringent standard of withholding of” removal. Prasad, 47
F.3d at 340. Similarly, substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of relief
under CAT, because Cada has not presented evidence that shows she will more
likely than not be tortured if removed to the Philippines. See Nahrvani v.
Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2005).
Finally, regarding Cada’s cancellation of removal claim, this court lacks
jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination as to whether her
removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to her father.
Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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