Marta Molina-Solares v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Marta Yolanda Molina-Solares, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for sub stantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction over Molina-So-, lares’s unexhausted contention that she is a member of a social group based on her gender. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (court lacks jurisdiction to review claims not exhausted before the agency).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Molina-Solares failed to establish that she was or will be harmed on account of her membership in a particular social group based on her family. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (“a protected ground [must] represent “one central reason” for an asylum applicant’s persecution”); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010) (“An…