Solongo Gantumur v. Eric Holder, Jr.

471 F. App'x 574

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 6, 2012
• Docket: 09-71437
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Solongo Gantumur, a native and citizen of Mongolia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Gantumur was harmed by her employer when she refused his demand to falsely claim she embezzled funds. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Gantumur did not demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See id. at 1052 (personal retribution by a prominent politician was not persecution on account of a protected ground); Grava v. INS, 205 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir.2000) (“Whistleblowing against one’s supervisors at work is not, as a matter of law, always an exercise of political opinion.”). Accordingly, Gantumur’s asylum claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.