Cristina Martinez De Estrada v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Rosa Magdalena Morales-Garay, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her 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 the agency’s factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Morales-Garay testified she was harassed, and on one occasion beaten, due to a business conflict, and she had incidents with gang members who wanted money from her. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that MoralesGaray failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (under the REAL ID Act a protected ground must be “one central reason” for an applicant’s fear of persecution); Molina-Morales, 237 F.3d at 1051-52 (personal dispute not grounds for asylum); Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th…