Amanda Rabanales Alvarado v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Amanda Rabanales Alvarado v. Eric H. Holder Jr., 359 F. App'x 789 (9th Cir. 2009)
Alarcón, Trott, Tashima

Amanda Rabanales Alvarado v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Amanda F. Rabanales Alvarado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel reversal of the IJ’s conclusion that petitioner failed to establish that she suffered harm from gang members in Guatemala on account of a protected ground. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 858-62 (9th Cir. 2009) (concluding that resistance to gang activity is not a particular social group for the purpose of establishing nexus to a protected ground); Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir. 2001) (personal retribution is not persecution on account of a protected ground). Accordingly, petitioner’s asylum claim fails.

*790 Contrary to petitioner’s allegation, the BIA properly reviewed the IJ’s decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(5).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

**

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

Reference

Full Case Name
Amanda F. Rabanales ALVARADO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished