RAFAEL ANDRADE RIVAS, AKA Rafael Rivas Andrade v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAFAEL ANDRADE RIVAS, AKA
Rafael Rivas Andrade,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-72638
Agency No. A200-951-619
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 25, 2015**
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Rafael Andrade Rivas, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum
and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
FILED
SEP 03 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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review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Silaya v. Mukasey,
524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Andrade Rivas
failed to establish past persecution or a fear of future persecution on account of a
protected ground based on threats to and extortion of his father by gang members
in El Salvador. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (“An
alien’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.”); 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”). Thus, Andrade Rivas’s asylum and withholding of
removal claims fail. See Zetino, 622 F.3d at 1015-16.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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