Case Name: Bernard DADIVAS; Draenmhar Dadivas; Maria Cristina Dadivas, a.k.a. Ma Cristina Dadivas a.k.a. Maria Cristina Valisno, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-23
Citations: 435 F. App'x 593
Docket Number: No. 07-73398
Parties: Bernard DADIVAS; Draenmhar Dadivas; Maria Cristina Dadivas, a.k.a. Ma Cristina Dadivas a.k.a. Maria Cristina Valisno, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: W. FLETCHER and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 435
Pages: 593–595

Head Matter:
Bernard DADIVAS; Draenmhar Dadivas; Maria Cristina Dadivas, a.k.a. Ma Cristina Dadivas a.k.a. Maria Cristina Valisno, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73398.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted May 11, 2011.
Filed May 23, 2011.
Bruce C. Wong, Esquire, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.
Surell Brady, Esquire, Trial, Gregory Darrell Mack, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: W. FLETCHER and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Richard Mills, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Central Illinois, Springfield, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Bernard Dadivas, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection, and denying his family's derivative applications. We deny the petition for review.
Dadivas failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution tied to a protected ground. The testimony did not establish that the murders of Enrico and Romulo Valisno were based on a protected ground, nor did the testimony indicate that the people responsible for those murders would have any reason to target the Dadivas family based on a protected ground. Thus, the BIA's conclusion that Dadivas was not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal was supported by substantial evidence. Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1094-95 (9th Cir.2002). Given the speculative nature of Dadivas' fears, the BIA's conclusion that Dadivas did not show that it was "more likely than not" that he will be tortured if he returns to the Philippines was also supported by substantial evidence. See Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1048 (9th Cir.2010).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.