Aguirre-Hernandez

Aguirre-Hernandez v. Gonzales

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177 F. App'x 571
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 17, 2006No. 04-70230California548 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Martha Lucia Aguirre-Hernandez, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under *572 the Convention Against Torture. We deny her petition.

The BIA’s determination that an alien is not eligible for asylum must be upheld if “ ‘supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.’ ” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812, 815 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). “It can be reversed only if the evidence presented ... was such that a reasonable factfinder would have to conclude that the requisite fear of persecution existed.” Id. When an alien seeks to overturn the BIA’s adverse determination, “he must show that the evidence he presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” Id. at 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. at 817 ; see also Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995) (same). Where an asylum claim is involved, an alien must show either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution that is “both subjectively genuine and…

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