Angelica Aleman v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Angelica Maria Aleman, 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 relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Aleman established extraordinary circumstances excusing her untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4 (a)(5); Toj-Culpatan v. Holder, 612 F.3d 1088, 1091-92 (9th Cir.2010).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that, even if credible, Ale-man failed to demonstrate that any of the incidents that occurred in El Salvador were on account of a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010) (“[a]n alien’s desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground”); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th…