Serrano Osorio v. Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 9 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AGRICELDA SERRANO OSORIO, No. 24-5194 Agency No. Petitioner, A206-677-487 v. MEMORANDUM* PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted October 7, 2025** Pasadena, California Before: RAWLINSON, MILLER, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges. Agricelda Serrano Osorio, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing an appeal from an order of an Immigration Judge denying asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the BIA’s legal conclusions de novo and its findings of fact for substantial evidence. Umana-Escobar v. Garland, 69 F.4th 544, 550 (9th Cir. 2023). We deny the petition. 1. To establish eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal, an applicant must show the existence of a nexus between past or feared harm and a statutorily protected ground. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42)(A), 1158(b)(1)(B)(i), 1231(b)(3)(A); Barajas-Romero v. Lynch, 846 F.3d 351, 360 (9th Cir. 2017). Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the cartel members targeted Serrano Osorio solely because of her house’s view of the road that the military used to enter town. See Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Garland, 69 F.4th 1012, 1023 (9th Cir. 2023) (explaining that an applicant does not meet her burden to establish nexus under the standards for asylum or withholding of removal where her protected ground is “not ‘a reason’ for her past persecution or feared future persecution”). 2. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Serrano Osorio’s generalized evidence of violence against women in Mexico did not meet her burden for CAT protection. See Park v. Garland, 72 F.4th 965, 980 (9th Cir. 2023) (citation omitted) (“Generalized evidence of violence and crime is insufficient to establish a likelihood of torture. The record must show that it is more likely than not that the petitioner will face a particularized and non- 2 24-5194 speculative risk of torture.”). PETITION DENIED.1 1 The stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues. 3 24-5194