Case Name: Sharada SHRESTHA; Dil Bahadur Shrestha, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-28
Citations: 469 F. App'x 616
Docket Number: No. 09-72700
Parties: Sharada SHRESTHA; Dil Bahadur Shrestha, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 469
Pages: 616–616

Head Matter:
Sharada SHRESTHA; Dil Bahadur Shrestha, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72700.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 21, 2012.
Filed Feb. 28, 2012.
Garish Sarin, Esquire, Law Offices of Garish Sarin, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.
OIL, Jonathan Aaron Robbins, Esquire, Trial, 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
Sharada Shrestha and Dil Bahadur Shrestha, natives and citizens of Nepal, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). 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), and we review de novo due process claims, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.
Even assuming Shrestha's testimony was credible, substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that petitioners failed to establish that they were harmed on account of a protected ground when the Maoists kidnapped them and threatened them if they did not join the Maoist party. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) ("The Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"); Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 483, 112 S.Ct. 812. Accordingly, because petitioners failed to show a nexus to a protected ground, their asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir.2005).
The record does not compel the conclusion that it is more likely than not Shres-tha will be tortured if she returns to Nepal. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir.2009). Accordingly, Shrestha's CAT claim fails.
Finally, we reject petitioners' claim that they were denied due process due to alleged errors in the translation because petitioners failed to show prejudice. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (petitioner must show error and prejudice to establish a due process violation).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.