Parkin

Parkin v. Holder

Good Law
324 F. App'x 657
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 28, 2009No. 06-73893California266 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*658 MEMORANDUM **

Elivira Martin Parkin and her two adult children, Elinor Martin Santos and Marco Antonio Martin Santos, natives and citizens of Philippines, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying them 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, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Parkin’s one-day detention in 1972 did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995). Substantial evidence further supports the agency’s denial the claims of past persecution and well-founded fear of future persecution because Parkin has not shown that the government was unwilling or unable to protect her from the New People’s Army. See Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2005). Accordingly, her asylum claim fails.

Because Parkin has not met the standard for asylum, she necessarily cannot…

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