GARCIA-MILIAN v. HOLDER

No. 09-71461.

730 F.3d 996 (2013)

Lydia GARCIA-MILIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joubin P. Nasseri , Nasseri Law Group, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Emily Anne Radford , Assistant Director, Nicole Murley and Jesse L. Busen (argued), Trial Attorneys, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Paez.


OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Lydia Garcia-Milian, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Because substantial evidence supports the BIA's determinations that Garcia-Milian was not persecuted on account of an imputed political opinion and that the attack she suffered did not...

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