Case Name: Maria Socorro GONZALEZ CASTRO et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-28
Citations: 401 F. App'x 275
Docket Number: No. 06-75265
Parties: Maria Socorro GONZALEZ CASTRO et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 401
Pages: 275–276

Head Matter:
Maria Socorro GONZALEZ CASTRO et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-75265.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 19, 2010.
Filed Oct. 28, 2010.
Cheri Attix, Esq., Law Office of Cheri Attix, San Diego, CA, for Petitioners.
Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Maria Socorro Gonzalez Castro and her children, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We grant the petition for review and remand.
The record compels the conclusion Gonzalez Castro suffered past persecution based on the threats made toward her, the stabbing of her client which the assailant directed at Gonzalez Castro by leaving her business card, and the subsequent phone call warning her that she and her children would be next. See Salazar-Paucar v. INS, 281 F.3d 1069, 1074-75 (9th Cir. 2002).
Because Gonzalez Castro established past persecution, she is entitled to a presumption that she has a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Ahmed, v. Keisler, 504 F.3d 1183, 1197 (9th Cir.2007). We remand for the agency to decide in the first instance whether the government has met its burden to rebut this presumption. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED. REMANDED.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).