ANA GONZALEZ-MARAVILLA V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 13-71934 (9th Cir. 2014)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANA DAYSI GONZALEZ-MARAVILLA, Petitioner, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 13-71934 Agency No. A099-678-496 v. MEMORANDUM* ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted December 9, 2014** Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Ana Daysi Gonzalez-Maravilla, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d * 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). 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Gonzalez-Maravilla failed to establish that one central reason for the gang members’ interest in her was her religious beliefs or her membership in a particular social group. See 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, in the absence of a nexus to a protected ground, Gonzalez-Maravilla’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 13-71934

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