MEMORANDUM **

Lorenzo Vicente Pelayes, a native and citizen of Argentina, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 *644 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir. 2001). and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Pelayes did not demonstrate past persecution or a clear probability of future persecution on account of his membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or other protected ground. See id at 1051-52; see also Parussimova, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (“[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Pelayes’ withholding of removal claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.