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Carl Louise Barrientos Cuenca v. Eric H. Holder
January 25, 2011
CARL LOUISE BARRIENTOS CUENCA, PETITIONER,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL, RESPONDENT.
Agency No. A079-367-032 On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
Submitted January 10, 2011*fn2
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Carl Louise Barrientos Cuenca, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding 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 deny the petition for review.
Cuenca does not raise any challenge to the IJ's dispositive determination that his asylum application is time-barred. Accordingly, Cuenca's asylum claim fails.
Cuenca did not allege he experienced any past persecution or other mistreatment in the Philippines, but contends he fears future persecution because he is "Americanized." Substantial evidence supports the IJ's denial of withholding of removal because Cuenca failed to demonstrate a clear probability of persecution on account of any protected ground. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2003). In addition, the record does not compel the conclusion that Cuenca established a pattern or practice of persecution of Americanized Filipinos in the Philippines. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060-62 (9th Cir. 2009). Accordingly, Cuenca's withholding of removal claim fails.