FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 20 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
YORDY JESUS GRADOS-HINOJOSA, No. 12-74096
Petitioner, Agency No. A088-735-064
v.
MEMORANDUM*
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 14, 2015**
Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Yordy Jesus Grados-Hinojosa, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal
from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his 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 the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-
85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.
Grados-Hinojosa does not challenge the BIA’s finding that he waived any
challenge to the IJ’s dispositive determination that his asylum claim was untimely.
See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not
supported by argument are deemed abandoned). Thus, we deny the petition as to
Grados-Hinojosa’s asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Grados-Hinojosa did
not establish past persecution, or that it is more likely than not he will be
persecuted in the future, on account of a protected ground if returned to Peru. See
Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2009) (the REAL ID Act
“requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum
applicant’s persecution”); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.
2010) (petitioner’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”).
Thus, we deny the petition as to Grados-Hinojosa’s withholding of removal claim.
Finally, Grados-Hinojosa does not raise any arguments challenging the
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agency’s denial of CAT relief. See Martinez-Serrano, 94 F.3d at 1259.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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