Contreras-Rodriguez
Contreras-Rodriguez v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*137 MEMORANDUM **
Juana Contreras-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.
We reject Contreras-Rodriguez’s challenge to the denial of her asylum application on the merits. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Contreras-Rodriguez failed to provide direct and specific evidence supporting a reasonable fear of persecution. See Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2003).
By fading to qualify for asylum, Contreras-Rodriguez necessarily fails to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).
Contreras-Rodriguez’s challenge to the BIA’s summary affirmance procedure is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 850-51 (9th Cir.2003).
Pursuant to Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741 (9th Cir.2004), Contreras-Rodriguez’s motion for stay of removal included a timely request for stay of voluntary…