SECUNDIDO SOLIS AKA AKA v. SESSIONS III (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Avimael Secundido-Solis, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Secundido-Solis failed to establish the threats as to his father, the denial of a job, and the disappearance of his cousin, even considered cumulatively, rose to the level of persecution. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1060 (two incidents of being beaten and robbed and being accosted by a mob did not compel a finding of past persecution, and harm to associates was not ‘closely tied’ to petitioner); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th Cir. 2003) (record did not compel the finding that petitioner experienced past persecution). Further, substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Secundido-Solis failed to establish a nexus between the harm he fears and a protected ground. See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1097 (9th Cir. 2011) (even if membership in a particular social group is established, an applicant must still show that “persecution was or will be on account of his membership in such group” (emphasis in original) ); Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (petitioner’s desire to be free from harassment motivated by theft or random violence by gang members has no nexus to a protected ground). Thus, Secondido-Solis’ withholding of removal claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.