Yolanda Parra-Diego v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Yolanda Parra-Diego, a native and citizen of Mexico, 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, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Even if Parra-Diego timely filed her application for asylum, substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that she failed to establish past persecution. See Gonzalez-Medina v. Holder, 641 F.3d 333, 338 (9th Cir.2011) (persecution must have occurred in the proposed country of removal). We reject Parra-Diego’s contention that Gonzalez-Medina was wrongly decided. Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Parra-Diego did not demonstrate a well-founded future fear on account of a pro tected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir.2010) (the desire to be free from criminal harassment and violence is not a nexus to a protected ground); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (future harm was…