Castulo Gonzalez Barrios v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Castulo Bertulio Gonzalez Barrios, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

Gonzalez Barrios contends he will be harmed in Guatemala on the basis of his membership in a particular social group.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that, even if Gonzalez Barrios’s proposed social group was cognizable, he did not establish a nexus between his fear of harm and the proposed group. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (petitioner must provide compelling evidence of motive for persecution). Accordingly, Gonzalez Barrios’s asylum and…