Case Name: Kavita KOMAL; Suruj Pal, 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: 2010-04-13
Citations: 375 F. App'x 722
Docket Number: No. 07-70316
Parties: Kavita KOMAL; Suruj Pal, et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 375
Pages: 722–723

Head Matter:
Kavita KOMAL; Suruj Pal, et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-70316.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 5, 2010.
Filed April 13, 2010.
Kavita Komal, La Puente, CA, pro se.
Alveena Akashni, La Puente, CA, pro se.
Davina Devika, La Puente, CA, pro se.
Suruj Pal, La Puente, CA, pro se.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Andrew C. Macla-chlan, Colette Jabes Winston, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, 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
Kavita Komal and Suruj Pal, wife and husband and their children, natives and citizens of Fiji, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence findings of fact, Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182, n. 4 (9th Cir.2003), and de novo questions of law, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA correctly concluded that petitioners failed to establish past persecution based on the agency's previous credibility finding, which the court upheld in Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th Cir.2000). See Belayneh v. INS, 213 F.3d 488, 492 (9th Cir.2000) (issue preclusion applies in immigration proceedings); see also Matter of Fedorenko, 19 I. & N. Dec. 57, 61 (BIA 1984) (applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel where the alien was given a full and fair opportunity to litigate in prior proceedings).
In assessing future fear, the agency applied the disfavored group analysis set forth in Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004), but concluded that because petitioners were not credible with respect to their claims of past harm, they did not demonstrate the requisite individualized risk of persecution. Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding. Cf. Sael, 386 F.3d at 927-29. Further, on the record, the petitioners failed to establish a pattern or practice of persecution of Indo-Fijians in Fiji. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060-62 (9th Cir.2009).
Because petitioners have not met the standard for asylum, they necessarily can not meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See 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.