FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 18 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MAIRA VENTURA-TORRES, a.k.a. No. 11-73914
Martha Villatoro-Gomez,
Agency No. A094-802-140
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 13, 2014**
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Maira Ventura-Torres, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our
*
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).
jurisdiction is governed by 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 in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Ventura-Torres did
not demonstrate her past experiences or any future harm were or would be on
account of a protected ground. See Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-
52 (9th Cir. 2001); Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir. 2010) (“An
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.”). We
lack jurisdiction to consider Ventura-Torres’s unexhausted contentions that she is a
member of a particular social group of females or a member of a political group
that opposed the MS-13 gangs. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th
Cir. 2004). We also lack jurisdiction to consider Ventura-Torres’s unexhausted
contention that she is eligible for asylum even in the absence of well-founded
future fear. See id. Accordingly, Ventura-Torres’s asylum and withholding of
removal claims fail. See Molina-Morales, 237 F.3d at 1052.
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief
because Ventura-Torres failed to establish that it is more likely than not she will be
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tortured by or with the acquiescence of the government of El Salvador. See Silaya
v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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