Lorenzo Vicente Pelayes 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 concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LORENZO VICENTE PELAYES,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-71510
Agency No. A098-266-127
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 21, 2012**
Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Lorenzo Vicente Pelayes, a native and citizen of Argentina, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal.
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence
FILED
MAR 05 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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the agency’s factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th
Cir. 2001). and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Pelayes did not
demonstrate past persecution or a clear probability of future persecution on account
of his membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or other protected
ground. See id. at 1051-52; see also Parussimova, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (“[t]he Real
ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an
asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Pelayes’ withholding of removal
claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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