Jorge Parada-Quintanilla 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
JORGE PARADA-QUINTANILLA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-71883
Agency No. A096-226-527
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 25, 2010**
San Francisco, California
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Jorge Parada-Quintanilla, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se
for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his
appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of his applications for asylum,
withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
FILED
JUN 03 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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We reject petitioner’s claim that he is eligible for asylum based on his
membership in a particular social group, namely, young El Salvadoran males who
resist efforts by gangs to recruit them. See Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d
738, 745-46 (9th Cir. 2008) ( rejecting as a particular social group”young men in
El Salvador resisting gang violence”); Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 860-
62 (9th Cir. 2009) (rejecting as a particular social group “young Honduran men
who have been recruited by a [gang], but who refuse to join”). Because petitioner
failed to demonstrate he was persecuted on account of a protected ground, we deny
the petition as to his asylum and withholding of removal claims. See Barrios v.
Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 856 (9th Cir. 2009). We also reject petitioner’s claim that
the IJ failed to properly consider his CAT claim because the BIA did consider the
claim de novo, and denied the CAT claim.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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