Carien Nurien Cardoza Laro 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).
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CARIEN NURIEN CARDOZA LARO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 07-71594
Agency No. A097-741-543
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 11, 2010**
Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Carien Nurien Cardoza Laro, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and withholding
FILED
JAN 21 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for
substantial evidence, INS v. Elias Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n.1 (1992), and we
deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of Cardoza Laro’s asylum
and withholding of removal claims, because she failed to establish that she was
persecuted on account of any protected ground. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d
1166, 1170-72 (9th Cir. 2002) (affirming BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding
of removal where petitioners failed to prove their persecution was on account of a
social group or imputed political opinion).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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