Case Name: Blanca Odilia Ramirez TISTA and Abelardo Aguilar Ramirez, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-22
Citations: 468 F. App'x 778
Docket Number: No. 10-71566
Parties: Blanca Odilia Ramirez TISTA and Abelardo Aguilar Ramirez, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 468
Pages: 778–779

Head Matter:
Blanca Odilia Ramirez TISTA and Abelardo Aguilar Ramirez, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71566.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 21, 2012.
Filed Feb. 22, 2012.
Marc Karlin, Karlin & Karlin, APC, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.
OIL, Edward Earl Wiggers, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Blanca Odilia Ramirez Tista and her son Abelardo Aguilar Ramrirez, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing their appeal from the immigration judge's denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of removal.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that petitioners did not establish past persecution based on petitioners being attacked and robbed by gang members because they failed to allege any nexus between the harm they suffered and one of the statutorily protected grounds. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010) ("[a]n alien's desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground."); Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1489 (9th Cir.1997) (a petitioner cannot establish a nexus to a protected ground by inference unless the inference is clear). Accordingly, because petitioners failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground, we deny the petition for review as to their asylum and withholding of removal claims. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 482-83, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.