Lorenzo Pelayes v. Eric Holder, Jr. ( 2012 )


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  •                                                                            FILED
    NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            MAR 05 2012
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    LORENZO VICENTE PELAYES,                          No. 09-71510
    Petitioner,                        Agency No. A098-266-127
    v.
    MEMORANDUM *
    ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
    Respondent.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the
    Board of Immigration Appeals
    Submitted February 21, 2012 **
    Before:        FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    Lorenzo Vicente Pelayes, a native and citizen of Argentina, petitions for
    review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
    immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal.
    We have jurisdiction under 
    8 U.S.C. § 1252
    . We review for substantial evidence
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
    **
    The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
    without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    the agency’s factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 
    237 F.3d 1048
    , 1050 (9th
    Cir. 2001). and we deny the petition for review.
    Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Pelayes did not
    demonstrate past persecution or a clear probability of future persecution on account
    of his membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or other protected
    ground. See 
    id. at 1051-52
    ; see also Parussimova, 
    555 F.3d 734
    , 740 (“[t]he Real
    ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an
    asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Pelayes’ withholding of removal
    claim fails.
    PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
    2                                     09-71510
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 09-71510

Filed Date: 3/5/2012

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 12/22/2014