Karla Moreira-De Sanabria v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Karla Yanira Moreira-De Sanabria, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) 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”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny, the petition for review.

The BIA found Moreira-De Sanabria failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of her social group of small merchants in El Salvador. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of asylum on this basis. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir.2010); see'also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (“[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). We lack jurisdiction to consider the contention regarding other social group claims Moreira-De Sanabria did not raise to the BIA. See Barron…