Case Name: Harvinder KAUR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-13
Citations: 471 F. App'x 729
Docket Number: No. 08-71024
Parties: Harvinder KAUR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 471
Pages: 729–731

Head Matter:
Harvinder KAUR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71024.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 6, 2012.
Filed March 13, 2012.
Babak Pourtavoosi, Pannun The Firm, P.C., Jackson Heights, NY, for Petitioner.
Jacob Bashyrov, Esquire, Susan Houser, Carl Henry McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Director, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, 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
Harvinder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' 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"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo the agency's application of a statute. Cervantes-Gonzales v. INS, 244 F.3d 1001, 1004 (9th Cir.2001). We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.
The agency properly determined that Kaur is inadmissible to the United States under § 212(a)(6)(C)© of the Immigration and Naturalization Act because she made willful misrepresentations at the airport by presenting someone else's passport and green card as her own, and she failed to timely and voluntarily retract those misrepresentations. See Cervantes-Gonzales, 244 F.3d at 1004; cf. Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759, 772, 108 S.Ct. 1537, 99 L.Ed.2d 839 (1988) (whether a misrepresentation is material depends on "whether it had a natural tendency to influence the decisions of the [INS].").
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Kaur failed to demonstrate that her uncle mistreated her on account of a protected ground. See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1097-98 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam) (even if an asserted social group is cognizable, the petitioner must show she was persecuted on account of her membership in that group). Accordingly, Kaur's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir.2005).
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Kaur failed to establish that it is more likely than not she will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the government of India. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.