The following excerpt is from Bringas-Rodriguez v. Sessions, 850 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2017):
"An applicant alleging past persecution has the burden of establishing that (1) his treatment rises to the level of persecution; (2) the persecution was on account of one or more protected grounds; and (3) the persecution was committed by the government, or by forces that the government was unable or unwilling to control." Baghdasaryan v. Holder , 592 F.3d 1018, 1023 (9th Cir. 2010).
1. Early decisions discussing the "unable or unwilling" standard in the context of private persecution
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