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375 F. App'x 771

Rios v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided April 14, 2010

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2010-04-14

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Parussimova v. Mukasey · Miguel Cruz-Navarro, Graciela Egoavil-Valenzuela, and Sergio Brian Cruz-Egoavil v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Decided 2010-04-14

¶1 MEMORANDUM …

¶2 Dante Jorge Rios and his wife, Lilia Rosa Zuniga, natives and citizens of Peru, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1028 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

¶3 Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Rios and Zuniga failed to demonstrate that they were harmed on account of an imputed political opinion. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740-42 (9th Cir.2009) (the protected ground has to be “one central reason” for persecution). Accordingly, Rios and Zuni-ga’s claim for withholding of removal fails.

¶4 PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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¶5 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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