GERMAN AMILCAR ALEGRIA IZQUIERDO, AKA German Amilcar Alegri, AKA Juian Jose Alegria v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GERMAN AMILCAR ALEGRIA
IZQUIERDO, AKA German Amilcar
Alegri, AKA Juian Jose Alegria,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-73607
Agency No. A205-721-398
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 15, 2018**
Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
German Amilcar Alegria Izquierdo, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
MAY 21 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review
for substantial evidence 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 determination that Izquierdo
failed to establish that any harm he and his family experienced or fear in El
Salvador was or will be on account of a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder,
622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (an applicant’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, Izquierdo’s withholding of removal
claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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