HERNANDEZ AKA v. SESSIONS III (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Jennifer Patricia Hernandez, a native and citizen of Honduras, 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. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s findings of fact. Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Hernandez failed to establish that she was or would be persecuted on account of a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (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”). We lack jurisdiction to consider Hernandez’s proposed social group that she raises for the first time in her opening brief. See Sola v. Holder, 720 F.3d 1134, 1135 (9th Cir. 2013) (petitioner must exhaust issues or claims in administrative proceedings below). Thus, Hernandez’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Zetino, 622 F.3d at 1015-16.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.