Juan Tincopa-Sanchez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Juan Manuel Tincopa-Sanchez, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his 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, 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 for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of asylum because TincopaSanchez failed to establish the harm he suffered, or fears, from the Shining Path is on account of an imputed political opinion. See id. at 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 (“[t]o reverse the BIA finding we must find that the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it”) (emphasis in original); Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (“[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”); Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1030 (9th Cir.2000) (police officer threatened by Shining Path guerrillas because…