Marvin Zeledon-Mendoza v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Marvin Zeledon-Mendoza, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions 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 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny the petition for review.

Zeledon-Mendoza testified that gang members, who believed he and a friend had reported them to police, indirectly threatened them and subsequently killed his friend, and he also testified that other gang members accosted and robbed him outside his church. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that, even if credible, Zeledon-Mendoza did not demonstrate past persecution or a fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. 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”); Soriano v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1162, 1164…