Rosales Fernandez v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Erika Leticia Rosales Fernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming, without opinion, an immigration judge’s (“LI”) order denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.

Rosales Fernandez testified that her family received two anonymous threatening letters and that unidentified men searched for her at her home. Neither her testimony, nor any other evidence in the record, compels the conclusion that Rosales Fernandez was persecuted or would be persecuted, even in part, on account of political opinion or any other protected ground. See id. at 1150 (recognizing that the burden is on the petitioner to demonstrate that persecution occurred on account of an enumerated ground). Accordingly, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Rosales Fernandez did not establish that she suffered past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated…