Magana-Sanabria

Magana-Sanabria v. Holder

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336 F. App'x 741
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 6, 2009No. 08-71953California306 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jorge Adalberto Magana-Sanabria, his wife Gregoria Ramos-Leal, and their two children, natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their 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 factual findings, Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 858 (9th Cir.2009), and we review de novo due process claims, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that petitioners failed to *743 demonstrate the robberies they experienced established past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Ramos-Lopez, 563 F.3d at 861-862 ; see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (a protected ground must be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant). Accordingly, petitioners’ asylum claim fails.

Because petitioners failed to establish…

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