Erick Palomeque v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Erick A. Palomeque, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 ; Alphonsus v. Holder, 705 F.3d 1031, 1036-37 (9th Cir. 2013). We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1012 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Palomeque raises no challenge to the agency’s conclusion that he is ineligible for asylum. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir. 1996). Thus, we deny the petition for review as to Palo-meque’s asylum claim.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Palomeque failed to establish past persecution or a fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2009). (the REAL ID Act “réquires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Thus, Palo-meque’s…