Norma Lizeth Hernandez- Castillo v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without**
oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
NORMA LIZETH HERNANDEZ-
CASTILLO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-71268
Agency No. A098-432-540
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 17, 2009 **
Before: ALARCÓN, TROTT, AND TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Norma Lizeth Hernandez-Castillo, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision
FILED
NOV 30 2009
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T O F AP PE ALS

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affirming the immigration judge's decision denying her applications for asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir. 2008), and we
deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel reversal of the IJ's conclusion that petitioner
failed to establish that she suffered at the hands of gang members in El Salvador on
account of a protected ground. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 858-62
(9th Cir. 2009) (concluding that resistance to gang activity is not a particular social
group for the purpose of establishing nexus to a protected ground); Molina-
Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir. 2001) (personal retribution is not
persecution on account of a protected ground). Accordingly, petitioner's asylum,
withholding of removal, and CAT claims fail.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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