Case Name: Freddy Jordan MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-11-24
Citations: 623 F. App'x 421
Docket Number: No. 14-70885
Parties: Freddy Jordan MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 623
Pages: 421–422

Head Matter:
Freddy Jordan MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-70885.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2015.
Decided Nov. 24, 2015.
Ian Silverberg, Esquire, Law Offices of Ian Silverberg, Reno, NV, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Jacob Bashy-rov, Esquire, Anthony Ogden Pottinger, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Freddy Jordan Mendoza, 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 asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.
Mendoza claims a fear of future mistreatment on account of a particular social group of long-term residents of the United States who are Mexican nationals being sent back to Mexico. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that Mendoza failed to establish a nexus between his social group and the criminal harm he fears. 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) (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"). Thus, Mendoza's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
Finally, we grant respondent's motion to withdraw its previous non-opposition to a stay of removal, and we deny Mendoza's request for a stay of removal. See Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 426, 129 S.Ct. 1749, 173 L.Edüd 550 (2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.