Opinion
No. 05-73916.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed November 13, 2007.
Jorge I. Rodriguez-Choi, Esq., San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Deitz Lefort, Esq., Lisa W. Edwards, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A76-723-895, A76-723-896.
Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Carlos Barrios-Escobar and Norma Barrios petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to affirm the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of their application for asylum. We deny the petition for review.
The harms that Petitioners suffered in Guatemala do not meet the requirements for a finding of past persecution. The single beating in 1984 and the threats in 1991, 1993, and 1995 do not qualify as persecution under our holdings. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019 (9th Cir. 2006).
Further, the conclusion that Petitioners' fear of future persecution is not objectively reasonable is supported in the record. First, Petitioners have shown no nexus to any of the protected grounds. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42). Petitioners have expressed no allegiance to any political ideology or even to political neutrality. See Ruano v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2002); Rios v. Ashcroft, 287 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2002). Second, Petitioners' children live safely with Norma's mother in the very city where Petitioners claim they would be threatened and harmed.