Maira Ventura-Torres v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Maira Ventura-Torres, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 458 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Ventura-Torres did not demonstrate her past experiences or any future harm were or would be on account of a protected ground. See Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir.2001); Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir.2010) (“An alien’s desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground.”). We lack jurisdiction to consider Ventura-Torres’s unexhausted contentions that she is a member of a particular social group of females or a member of a political group that opposed the MS-13 gangs. See Barron v.…