Case Name: Luciana TELLO-SANCHEZ; Esteban Reyes-Flores, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-05-22
Citations: 574 F. App'x 793
Docket Number: No. 13-71756
Parties: Luciana TELLO-SANCHEZ; Esteban Reyes-Flores, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 574
Pages: 793–794

Head Matter:
Luciana TELLO-SANCHEZ; Esteban Reyes-Flores, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-71756.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 13, 2014.
Filed May 22, 2014.
Carol L. Edward, Esquire, Law Offices of Carol L. Edward & Assoc., PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.
Tiffany L. Walters, Trial, David V. Ber-nal, Assistant Director, OIL, Anthony Cardozo Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel, Colette Jabes Winston, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, 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
Luciana Tello-Sanchez and Esteban Reyes-Flores, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their applications for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that petitioners failed to establish that they suffered harm or have a fear of future harm on account of a protected ground, as opposed to a personal dispute over land. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (the REAL ID Act "requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010). Because the record supports the BIA's finding that, even assuming indigenous landowners are a particular social group, petitioners failed to establish a nexus between the harm they experienced and their membership in that group, remand in light of Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir.2013) and Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, 707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir.2013) (en banc), is unnecessary. We lack jurisdiction to consider petitioners' unex-hausted claim that Tello-Sanchez is a member of a particular social group consisting of police informants. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). In the absence of a nexus to a protected ground, petitioners' withholding of removal claims fail.
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the BIA's denial of CAT relief because petitioners failed to establish a likelihood of torture if they return to Mexico. See Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2006). Because petitioners have not shown a likelihood of torture, we reject petitioners' request to remand in light of Madrigal v. Holder, 716 F.3d 499 (9th Cir.2013).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.