Cruz Aguilar-santos v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 385 F. App'x 747 ( 2010 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 01 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CRUZ SANTOS AGUILAR-SANTOS, No. 09-71059
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-715-047
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
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.
*
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).
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.
2 09-71059