Martinez Moreno v. Holder

MEMORANDUM

Morena Lizeth Martinez-Moreno, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions 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”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Martinez-Moreno failed to show that her father’s kidnaping and death support her own claim for asylum or withholding of removal. See 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”); Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1060 (failure to show harm to others was “part of a pattern of persecution closely tied to” petitioner himself) (internal quotation and cita tion omitted). We decline to consider the threats Martinez-Moreno’s mother received because the…