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Gloria Esperanza PORTILLO DE SANCHEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 14-71900
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 14, 2016 
    
    FILED June 22, 2016
    Gloria Esperanza Portillo de Sanchez, Los Angeles, CA, Pro Se.
    David Nicholas Harling, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, OIL, DOJ—U.S. De-' partment of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Gloria Esperanza Portillo de Sanchez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se 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.G. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198 (9th Cir. 2012). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Portillo de Sanchez failed to establish a nexus between her past experiences or the future harm she fears in El Salvador and a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740-41 (9th Cir. 2008) (under the REAL ID Act, an applicant must prove a protected ground is at least ‘one central reason’ for persecution); 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”). We reject Portillo de Sanchez’s due process contention that the agency applied an incorrect legal standard in the analysis of her claims. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim). Thus, her asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Zetino, 622 F.3d at 1016.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3,