FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 22 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIA DEL CARMEN ALBIZURES DE No. 08-71708
RENTAS,
Agency No. A077-180-266
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 15, 2011 **
Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Maria del Carmen Albizures de Rentas, a native and citizen of Guatemala,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her
appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum
and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
review for substantial evidence, Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 858 (9th
Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Albizures contends that she faces persecution on account of her political
opinion. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of asylum and
withholding because Albizures’ fear of harm is not on account of a protected
ground. See Soriano v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1162, 1164-65 (9th Cir. 2009)
(government informant’s fear of retaliation by criminals not on account of political
opinion). Albizures’ contention that the agency did not address her whistle-blower
theory is belied by the record. In the absence of a nexus to a protected ground,
Albizures’ asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. Id. at 1167.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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