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442 F. App'x 254

Andaya v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided July 7, 2011

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2011-07-07

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Husyev v. Mukasey

Decided 2011-07-07

¶1 MEMORANDUM …

¶2 Marie Michele Andaya, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order denying asylum and withholding of removal. The petition is denied.

¶3 An immigration judge (IJ) concluded that her application for asylum was time barred. The one-year bar faced by an asylum applicant and the bar’s exception for “extraordinary circumstances” involve mixed questions of law and fact, renewable by this court when the facts, as here, are undisputed. Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir.2008); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2), 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(5). Andaya has failed to meet her burden of demonstrating extraordinary circumstances that justify the almost two-year period between losing her legal immigration status and applying for asylum. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(5).

¶4 In addressing Andaya’s request for withholding of removal, the IJ found that none of the past incidents faced by Andaya rose to the level of persecution and Anda-ya had not established that it was more likely than not that she would be persecuted upon her return to the Philippines. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16. Substantial evidence does not compel a contrary result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).

¶5 PETITION DENIED.

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

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