Nathalia Mata-Garcilazo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Nathalia Haidee Mata-Garcilazo, a native of Nicaragua and a citizen of Nicaragua and Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agen-Gy’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny the petition for review.

With respect to Nicaragua, substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Mata-Garcilazo did not establish past persecution because, even considered cumulatively, her experiences did not rise to the level of persecution. See Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1153-54 (9th Cir.2005) (record did not compel finding that incidents of harm petitioner suffered, including death threats, constituted past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s determination that Mata-Garcilazo did not establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001) (“[a]n…