Ana Gonzalez-Maravilla v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 588 F. App'x 641 ( 2014 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANA DAYSI GONZALEZ-MARAVILLA, No. 13-71934
Petitioner, Agency No. A099-678-496
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 9, 2014**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Ana Daysi Gonzalez-Maravilla, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from
an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and
withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Gonzalez-Maravilla
failed to establish that one central reason for the gang members’ interest in her was
her religious beliefs or her membership in a particular social group. See
Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2009) (the REAL ID Act
“requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum
applicant’s persecution”). Thus, in the absence of a nexus to a protected ground,
Gonzalez-Maravilla’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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