Cruz Santos Aguilar-Santos 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
CRUZ SANTOS AGUILAR-SANTOS,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-71059
Agency No. A098-715-047
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 29, 2010**
San Francisco, California
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Cruz Santos Aguilar-Santos, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his application
for asylum.
FILED
JUL 01 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Aguilar-Santos contends that the BIA failed to state sufficient reasons to
support its decision. We conclude that the BIA’s decision was sufficiently
detailed and reasoned to facilitate our review on appeal. See Vinnanueva-Franco
v. INS, 802 F.3d 327, 330 (9th Cir. 1986) (“all that is necessary is a decision that
sets out terms sufficient to enable [the] reviewing court to see that the [BIA] has
heard, considered, and decided.”) Petitioner also contends that he is entitled to
asylum because he will be persecuted for his anti-gang beliefs and his refusal to
comply with gang extortion damages.
We reject Aguilar-Santos’s claim that he is eligible for asylum based on
alleged persecution arising from his anti-gang opinions and actions. See Barrios v.
Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 854-56 (9th Cir. 2009); Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d
738, 745-47 (9th Cir. 2008). Because Aguilar-Santos failed to demonstrate that he
suffered harm that rose to the level of persecution or that it was on account of a
protected ground, we deny the petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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