Leonel Martinez-Segovia v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Olga Adriano-Figueroa, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of a 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”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, Cerezo v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 1163, 1166 (9th Cir.2008), except to the extent that deference is owed to the BIA’s determination of the governing statutes and regulations, Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 535 (9th Cir.2004). We review factual findings for substantial evidence, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.

We reject Adriano-Figueroa’s claim that she is eligible for asylum and withholding of removal based on her membership in a particular social group. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1170-72 (9th Cir.2005); Santos-Lemus, 542 F.3d at 745-46 . Accordingly, because Adriano-Figueroa failed to show she was persecuted or fears persecution on a protected ground, we deny her petition as to her asylum and withholding of…