Mauricio Alberto Vaquedano- Sanchez, a.k.a. Mauricio Sanchez Vaquedano v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MAURICIO ALBERTO VAQUEDANO-
SANCHEZ, a.k.a. Mauricio Sanchez
Vaquedano,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 11-72734
Agency No. A095-657-515
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 25, 2014**
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Mauricio Alberto Vaquedano-Sanchez, a native and citizen of Honduras,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his
FILED
JUN 30 2014
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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application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8
U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings,
Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition
for review.
Vaquedano-Sanchez claims past persecution and a fear of future persecution
by gang members in Honduras. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s
determination that Vaquedano-Sanchez failed to establish past mistreatment or a
fear of future mistreatment on account of a protected ground. See Gormley v.
Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 2004) (random criminal acts bore no nexus
to a protected ground); Pagayon v. Holder, 675 F.3d 1182, 1191 (9th Cir. 2011)
(per curiam) (personal disputes not grounds for asylum unless connected to a
protected ground) (citation omitted). Accordingly, Vaquedano-Sanchez’s asylum
claim fails.
Because Vaquedano-Sanchez failed to establish eligibility for asylum, his
withholding of removal claim necessarily fails. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d
1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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