Aquilina Roman-Cordova v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Aquilina Roman-Cordova, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from 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 factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Roman-Cordova failed to establish she suffered past persecution on account of any protected ground. See Li v. Ashcroft, 356 F.3d 1153, 1158 (9th Cir. 2004) (en banc) (persecution is an “extreme concept marked by the infliction of suffering or harm”) (internal quotations omitted). Accordingly, she is not entitled to a presumption of a well-founded future fear. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13 (b)(1). Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that, whether she is indigenous or Mestizo, Roman-Cordova has not demonstrated that there is a pattern or practice of persecution against such groups in Peru, or that she has a well-founded future fear of persecution under…