Case Name: Rosa Magdalena MORALES-GARAY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-30
Citations: 581 F. App'x 682
Docket Number: No. 11-71732
Parties: Rosa Magdalena MORALES-GARAY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 581
Pages: 682–683

Head Matter:
Rosa Magdalena MORALES-GARAY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71732.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 25, 2014.
Filed June 30, 2014.
Rosa Magdalena Morales-Garay, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Walter Bocehini, Esquire, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Rosa Magdalena Morales-Garay, 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, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.
Morales-Garay testified she was harassed, and on one occasion beaten, due to a business conflict, and she had incidents with gang members who wanted money from her. Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that MoralesGaray failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (under the REAL ID Act a protected ground must be "one central reason" for an applicant's fear of persecution); Molina-Morales, 237 F.3d at 1051-52 (personal dispute not grounds for asylum); Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010) ("An alien'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."). Thus, Morales-Ga-ray's asylum claim fails.
Because Morales-Garay failed to establish eligibility for asylum, her withholding of removal claim necessarily fails. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of Morales-Garay^ CAT claim because she failed to establish it is more likely than not she would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government in El Salvador. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.