Batres Garcia v. Mukasey

MEMORANDUM ^**

Ana Paula Beatriz Batres Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum and withholding 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, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the Id’s denial of asylum because Batres Garcia did not suffer any past harm in El Salvador and her future fear of generalized violence and persecution based on an imputed anti-gang opinion are not on account of a protected ground. See Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 865 (9th Cir.2001) (“Asylum generally is not available to victims of civil strife, unless they are singled out on account of a protected ground.”); see also Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 744-47 (9th Cir.2008) (concluding that the group “[young men] in El Salvador resisting gang violence” is not a particular social group for purposes of asylum).

Because Batres Garcia failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Mansour v. Ashcroft, 390 F.3d 667, 673 (9th Cir.2004).

Batres Garcia’s challenge to the BIA’s summary affirmance is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 848 (9th Cir.2003).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.