Abner Jonathan Gonzalez- Delgado v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ABNER JONATHAN GONZALEZ-
DELGADO,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-72624
Agency No. A200-691-137
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 22, 2015**
Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Abner Jonathan Gonzalez-Delgado, a native and citizen of Guatemala,
petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
affirming an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding
of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We
FILED
APR 30 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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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), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that, even if
Gonzalez-Delgado was a member of a particular social group, he failed to establish
past persecution or a clear probability of future harm on account of a protected
ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 741 (9th Cir. 2009) (“[T]o
demonstrate that a protected ground was ‘at least one central reason’ for
persecution, an applicant must prove that such ground was a cause of the
persecutors’ acts.”); 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,
Gonzalez-Delgado’s withholding of removal claim fails.
Gonzalez-Delgado does not challenge the agency’s denial of his CAT claim.
See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not
supported by argument are deemed waived).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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