Case Name: Rosa Margarita Garcia ZANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-24
Citations: 412 F. App'x 934
Docket Number: No. 09-72641
Parties: Rosa Margarita Garcia ZANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 412
Pages: 934–935

Head Matter:
Rosa Margarita Garcia ZANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72641.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 10, 2011.
Filed Jan. 24, 2011.
Rosa Margarita Garcia Zana, Wapato, WA, pro se.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Kelly J. Walls, Esquire, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, 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
Rosa Margarita Garcia Zana, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from the 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 for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2008), and deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that "no incidents" of persecution occurred to Garcia Zana in El Salvador. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003); see also Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060 (9th Cir.2009) (no past persecution where harm to friends was not a part of "a pattern of persecution closely tied to" petitioner) (internal citation and quotation omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Garcia Zana failed to establish that she will be targeted on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 482-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Santos-Lemus, 542 F.3d at 745-46.
Because Garcia Zana failed to establish her eligibility for asylum, she necessarily fails to meet the higher standard of eligibility for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Garcia Zana failed to establish it is more likely than not she will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of a government official if returned to El Salvador. See Ar-teaga v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 940, 948-49 (9th Cir.2007).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.