Amanda F. Rabanales Alvarado 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 finds this case 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
AMANDA F. RABANALES
ALVARADO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-73196
Agency No. A073-980-833
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 17, 2009 **
Before: ALARCÓN, TROTT, AND TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Amanda F. Rabanales Alvarado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision affirming the
FILED
NOV 30 2009
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T O F AP PE ALS

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immigration judge's denial of her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Santos-Lemus v.
Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel reversal of the IJ's conclusion that petitioner
failed to establish that she suffered harm from gang members in Guatemala on
account of a protected ground. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 858-62
(9th Cir. 2009) (concluding that resistance to gang activity is not a particular social
group for the purpose of establishing nexus to a protected ground); Molina-
Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir. 2001) (personal retribution is not
persecution on account of a protected ground). Accordingly, petitioner's asylum
claim fails.
Contrary to petitioner's allegation, the BIA properly reviewed the IJ's
decision. See 8 C. F. R. § 1003.1(e)(5).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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