Case Name: Evelin Jackelin CLAROS-PEREZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-01-21
Citations: 310 F. App'x 86
Docket Number: No. 08-70046
Parties: Evelin Jackelin CLAROS-PEREZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, BYBEE, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 310
Pages: 86–87

Head Matter:
Evelin Jackelin CLAROS-PEREZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70046.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 13, 2009.
Filed Jan. 21, 2009.
Evelin Jackelin Claros-Perez, Los An-geles, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, DOJ, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, BYBEE, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Evelin Jackelin Claros-Perez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's conclusion that Claros-Perez did not identify the particular social group she claims to be part of, and that she did not provide evidence indicating that she was or would be persecuted by gang members on account of a protected ground. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1170-72 (9th Cir.2005). Accordingly, her asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's conclusion that Claros-Perez did not establish it is more likely than not that she will be tortured if returned to Honduras. See Hasan v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 1114, 1122-23 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.