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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             MAR 04 2010

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 ANTONIO LOPEZ-GARCIA,                            No. 08-73915

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A097-911-472

   v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
 ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                       On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                           Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted February 16, 2010 **

Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

        Antonio Lopez-Garcia, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for

review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of

         *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
         **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review factual findings for substantial

evidence, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir. 2008), and deny

the petition for review.

       The record does not compel reversal of the IJ's conclusion that petitioner

failed to establish that the harm he suffered at the hands of gang members in

Guatemala was on account of a protected ground. See Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563
F.3d 855, 858-62 (9th Cir. 2009) (concluding that resistance to gang activity is not

a particular social group for the purpose of establishing nexus to a protected

ground); Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir. 2001) (personal

retribution is not persecution on account of a protected ground). Accordingly,

petitioner's asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims fail.

       Contrary to petitioner's allegation, the BIA did not issue a streamlined

decision, and the BIA's decision did not constitute a due process violation. See

Falcon-Cariche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir. 2003).

       PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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