NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NOV 22 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
BLANCA CELIA MOREIRA-FLORES, No. 07-72152
Petitioner, Agency No. A097-735-466
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 16, 2010 **
Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Blanca Celia Moreira-Flores, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
pro se 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
*
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).
(“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence factual findings. Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.
2008). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Moreira-Flores’s
fear of criminal gangs in her native El Salvador did not demonstrate past
persecution or a well-founded fear of future harm on account of a protected
ground. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 860-62 (9th Cir. 2009).
Accordingly, Moreira-Flores’s asylum claim fails.
Because Moreira-Flores did not establish eligibility for asylum, it follows
that she did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See
Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT protection
because Moreira-Flores failed to establish it is more likely than not she will be
tortured if she returns to El Salvador. See Santos-Lemus, 542 F.3d at 747-48.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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