Miguel Angel RAMIREZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent, 486 F. App'x 693

MEMORANDUM Miguel Angel Ramirez-Figueroa, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (the “Board”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, review for substantial evidence, Castro-Martinez v. Holder, 674 F.3d 1073, 1080 (9th Cir.2011), and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the Board’s determination that Ramirez-Figueroa failed to demonstrate that the government of El Salvador was unable or unwilling to protect him from gangs. See id. Because he failed to establish eligibility for asylum, Ramirez-Figueroa necessarily failed to establish eligibility for withholding of removal. See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000). Ramirez-Figueroa’s failure to distinctly raise the BIA’s denial of CAT relief waives any challenge thereto. See Barrios v. Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 856 n. 6 (9th Cir.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.