FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 30 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MAURICIO ALBERTO VAQUEDANO- No. 11-72734
SANCHEZ, a.k.a. Mauricio Sanchez
Vaquedano, Agency No. A095-657-515
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM*
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 25, 2014**
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Mauricio Alberto Vaquedano-Sanchez, 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
*
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).
application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8
U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings,
Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition
for review.
Vaquedano-Sanchez claims past persecution and a fear of future persecution
by gang members in Honduras. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s
determination that Vaquedano-Sanchez failed to establish past mistreatment or a
fear of future mistreatment on account of a protected ground. See Gormley v.
Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 2004) (random criminal acts bore no nexus
to a protected ground); Pagayon v. Holder, 675 F.3d 1182, 1191 (9th Cir. 2011)
(per curiam) (personal disputes not grounds for asylum unless connected to a
protected ground) (citation omitted). Accordingly, Vaquedano-Sanchez’s asylum
claim fails.
Because Vaquedano-Sanchez failed to establish eligibility for asylum, his
withholding of removal claim necessarily fails. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d
1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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