Ana Daysi Gonzalez-Maravilla v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANA DAYSI GONZALEZ-MARAVILLA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-71934
Agency No. A099-678-496
MEMORANDUM*
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).
FILED
DEC 16 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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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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