Case Name: Balbina BLANCO DE MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-12
Citations: 210 F. App'x 725
Docket Number: No. 05-71130
Parties: Balbina BLANCO DE MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, RYMER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 210
Pages: 725–726

Head Matter:
Balbina BLANCO DE MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-71130.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2006.
Filed Dec. 12, 2006.
Philippe M. Dwelshauvers, Esq., Fresno, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Allen W. Hausman, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Aviva L. Poczter, Esq., Ari Nazarov, Esq., Carolyn Vines Sapla, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, RYMER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Balbina Blanco De Martinez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision dismissing her appeal from an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the BIA's and IJ's decisions unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's and IJ's conclusion that petitioner is not eligible for asylum. Blanco De Martinez failed to establish a nexus to a protected ground or that the threats against her were made by the government or forces that the government is unable or unwilling to control. See id. at 482, 112 S.Ct. 812; see also Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1153-54 (9th Cir.2005). Moreover, Blanco De Martinez failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution because she remained in El Salvador for six years after the last threat was made against her without further incident, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and several of her siblings, who are similarly situated, still live in El Salvador without problems. See Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, substantial evidence supports the denial of asylum.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.