Teresa De Jesus Luna v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TERESA DE JESUS LUNA,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-72033
Agency No. A099-536-604
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 14, 2015**
Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Teresa de Jesus Luna, 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
FILED
OCT 22 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d
1095, 1097 (9th Cir. 2011) (per curiam). We deny the petition for review.
Luna testified that she was threatened in El Salvador by a man who had
caused the death of a member of her family. Substantial evidence supports the
agency’s determination that Luna failed to meet her burden of showing that she
suffered past persecution or feared future persecution on account of a protected
ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2009)
(protected ground must be ‘one central reason’ for persecution); Ayala, 640 F.3d at
1097 (even assuming membership in a particular social group, petitioner must
show persecution on account of membership in that group). Thus, Luna’s asylum
and withholding of removal claims fail. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007,
1015-16 (9th Cir. 2010).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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