JOSE QUINTEROS, AKA Jose Alfredo Quinteros-Zavala v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE QUINTEROS, AKA Jose Alfredo
Quinteros-Zavala,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-73347
Agency No. A072-013-468
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 14, 2016**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Jose Quinteros, a native and citizen of El Salvador, 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
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 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 20 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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the agency’s factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th
Cir. 2006), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Quinteros failed
to establish a nexus between the harm he suffered and fears and his political
opinion. 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, Quintero’s withholding of removal
claim fails. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir. 2010).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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