Rodas-De Leon v. Gonzales

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211 F. App'x 590
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 8, 2006No. 05-76339California303 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Evan Elizabeth Rodas-De Leon, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming, without opinion, an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying Rodas-De Leon’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, see Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d *591 1148, 1151 (9th Cir.2005), we deny the petition for review in part and dismiss it in part.

Rodas-De Leon testified that she served in her town’s civil patrol for a year in 1992, and that in February 1993 a letter threatening her life was left under the door of the house she shared with her parents. Rodas-De Leon also testified that she learned two of her fellow civil patrol members had disappeared, but that she was otherwise unaware of their circumstances. Contrary to Rodas-De Leon’s contentions, the evidence does not compel the conclusion that her mistreatment rose to the level of persecution, or that her fear of returning to Guatemala is objectively reasonable. See id. at 1153-54 . Because…

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