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                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 04 2011

                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT                     U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS

JAZMINE H.; SARAI H.; BRYAN H.,                   No. 08-75129

              Petitioners,                        Agency Nos.      A098-892-711
                                                                   A098-892-712
  v.                                                               A098-892-713

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
                                                  ORDER
              Respondent.

Before:      O'SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

       Petitioners' petition for panel rehearing is granted and the memorandum

disposition filed on October 28, 2010, is withdrawn. A replacement memorandum

disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.
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                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           MAR 04 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAZMINE HERNANDEZ MARÏUEZ et                      No. 08-75129
al.,
                                                  Agency Nos. A098-892-711
               Petitioners,                                   A098-892-712
                                                              A098-892-713
  v.

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

               Respondent.

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

                              Submitted October 19, 2010**

Before:        O'SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

       Jazmine Hernandez-Marquez and her siblings, natives and citizens of El

Salvador, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ('BIA') order

dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's ('IJ') decision denying their

application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed

          *
             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).
by 8 U.S.C. y 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Cerezo v. Muµasey, 512

F.3d 1163, 1166 (9th Cir. 2008), except to the extent that deference is owed to the

BIA's determination of the governing statutes and regulations, Simeonov v.

Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 535 (9th Cir. 2004). We review factual findings for

substantial evidence. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.

2006). We deny the petition for review.

      We reject petitioners' claim that they are eligible for asylum and

withholding of removal based on their membership in a particular social group,

namely, young people targeted for recruitment or otherwise threatened by gangs in

El Salvador. See Santos-Lemus v. Muµasey, 542 F.3d 738, 745-46 (9th Cir. 2008)

(rejecting as a particular social group 'young men in El Salvador resisting gang

violence'); Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 861-62 (9th Cir. 2009)

(rejecting as a particular social group 'young Honduran men who have been

recruited by [a gang], but who refuse to join'); see Parussimova v. Muµasey, 555

F.3d 734, 740-41 (9th Cir. 2009) ('The Real ID Act requires that a protected

ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution').

      We lacµ jurisdiction to consider petitioners' social group claims based on

their parents living in the United States and based on their gender, because

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petitioners did not argue these as distinct social groups to the IJ or the BIA. See

Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).

         Accordingly, because petitioners failed to demonstrate they were persecuted

on account of a protected ground, we deny the petition as to their asylum and

withholding of removal claims. See Barrios v. Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 856 (9th Cir.

2009).

         PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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