Fernando Martin Izquierdo- Herrera, a.k.a. Fernando Izquierdo v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FERNANDO MARTIN IZQUIERDO-
HERRERA, a.k.a. Fernando Izquierdo,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 07-72730
Agency No. A098-246-360
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 25, 2010**
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Fernando Martin Izquierdo-Herrera, native and citizen of Peru, petitions for
review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal
from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and
withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review
FILED
JUN 01 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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for substantial evidence, Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir. 2005),
and deny the petition for review.
Izquierdo-Herrera does not raise any arguments in his opening brief
regarding the BIA’s dispositive determination that his asylum claim was
time-barred. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996)
(issues not supported by argument are deemed waived). Accordingly, his asylum
claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Izquierdo-Herrera’s
altercations with drug dealers and the anonymous threats he received did not
establish persecution on account of a protected ground. See Ochoa, 406 F.3d at
1171-72 (business owner in Columbia who rejected narco-trafficker demands did
not establish persecution on account of imputed political opinion or membership in
a particular social group); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740
(9th Cir. 2009) (“[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one
central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, we deny the
petition as to Izquierdo-Herrera’s withholding of removal claim.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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