Case Name: Magnolia Silverio KIM, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-14
Citations: 383 F. App'x 693
Docket Number: No. 07-73311
Parties: Magnolia Silverio KIM, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 383
Pages: 693–694

Head Matter:
Magnolia Silverio KIM, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73311.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 25, 2010
Filed June 14, 2010.
Kaaren L. Barr, Esquire, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Christina Bechak Parascandola, Esquire, Richard M. Evans, Esquire, Joan E. Smiley, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Le-Fevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Esquire, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Magnolia Silverio Kim, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1151 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
We reject the government's argument that we lack jurisdiction on the basis that Kim was found to be removable based upon her prior criminal conviction. See Bromfield v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 1071, 1075-76 n. 4 (9th Cir.2008) (jurisdiction exists where the agency has denied relief on the merits, notwithstanding removability based upon an aggravated felony).
Kim does not raise any challenge to the agency's determination that her asylum application is time-barred. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review as to Kim's asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Kim did not establish past persecution because she failed to show the sexual assaults she suffered occurred on account of a protected ground. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1094-95 (9th Cir.2002). We lack jurisdiction to review Kim's contention that she is a member of a particular social group because she failed to exhaust the issue before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's finding that Kim's fear of future persecution is not objectively reasonable because she testified her persecutor is now deceased. See Canales-Vargas v. Gonzales, 441 F.3d 739, 747 (9th Cir.2006). Accordingly, Kim's withholding of removal claim fails.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's finding that Kim cannot show a likelihood of torture by or with the acquiescence of government officials if returned to the Philippines, and therefore we deny the petition as to Kim's CAT claim. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir.2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.