Cano-Fajardo

Cano-Fajardo v. Gonzales

Good Law
192 F. App'x 619
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 26, 2006No. 04-74581California267 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Hermalinda Cano-Fajardo, and her husband, Gregorio Gomez-Fajardo, both natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

We lack jurisdiction over petitioners’ CAT claim because they failed to raise the claim before the BIA. See Barron v. *621 Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004). We therefore dismiss the CAT claim.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 over petitioners’ remaining claims. We review the IJ’s decision for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision that petitioners faded to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution based on an enumerated ground. Because there is nothing in the record to suggest that an attack on petitioners’ son by unidentified assailants occurred on account of an enumerated ground, petitioners’ asylum claim fails. See…

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