NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DEC 02 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES No. 13-72330
HERNANDEZ, AKA Maria Delosange
Hernandez, Agency No. A070-959-709
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM*
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 18, 2014**
Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Maria De Los Angeles Hernandez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from
an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for withholding of
*
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).
removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence the agency’s factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-
85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny the petition for review.
Hernandez conceded that she did not establish past persecution because she
did not suffer domestic abuse in Mexico, the country of removal. Substantial
evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Hernandez failed to establish it is more
likely than not that she will face future persecution in Mexico. See Nagoulko v.
INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) (possibility of future persecution too
speculative); Gonzalez-Medina v. Holder, 641 F.3d 333, 338 (9th Cir. 2011) (in the
absence of past persecution, the burden is on the applicant to show that relocation
would be unreasonable). Accordingly, her withholding of removal claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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