FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 05 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LORENZO VICENTE PELAYES, No. 09-71510
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-266-127
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 21, 2012 **
Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Lorenzo Vicente Pelayes, a native and citizen of Argentina, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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 evidence
*
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).
the agency’s factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th
Cir. 2001). and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Pelayes did not
demonstrate past persecution or a clear probability of future persecution on account
of his membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or other protected
ground. See id. at 1051-52; see also Parussimova, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (“[t]he Real
ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an
asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Pelayes’ withholding of removal
claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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Lorenzo Pelayes v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Combined Opinion