Opinion
No. 06-71159.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed October 2, 2007.
Nadeem H. Makada, Esq., Burlingame, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Linda S. Wendtland, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Robert N. Markle, Esq., for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A72-680-990.
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Erica Fuentes-Rojas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order adopting and affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir. 1998), we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Fuentes-Rojas failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See id. at 967 (recognizing that mere general lawlessness and violence without an appreciably different risk to the petitioner is not enough to support a claim of asylum).
Because Fuentes-Rojas failed to satisfy the lower standard of proof for asylum, she necessarily failed to demonstrate eligibility for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).