Moises Velasquez-Medina v. Loretta E. Lynch

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 26 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOISES VELASQUEZ-MEDINA, No. 13-70281

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-892-353

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, BERZON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Moises Velasquez-Medina, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) 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

*
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).
evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zhao v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 1027, 1030

(9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that, even if credible,

Velasquez-Medina failed to establish past persecution or a clear probability of

future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622

F.3d 1007, 1015-1016 (9th Cir. 2010); see also 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”). We reject

Velasquez-Medina’s contention that the agency decisions do not provide adequate

reasoning to allow a meaningful review. Thus, Velasquez-Medina’s withholding

of removal claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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