context: Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Gomez-Gonzalez failed to establish the harm he suffered or feared was or would be on account of a protected ground.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 555 F.3d 734, 740
citation_a.parenthetical: the REAL ID Act "requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"
citation_a.sentence: See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam) (evidence demonstrated former officer was shot at and threatened because he had arrested particular criminal, not on account of his status as a former police officer); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (the REAL ID Act “requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 640 F.3d 1095, 1098
citation_b.parenthetical: evidence demonstrated former officer was shot at and threatened because he had arrested particular criminal, not on account of his status as a former police officer
citation_b.sentence: See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam) (evidence demonstrated former officer was shot at and threatened because he had arrested particular criminal, not on account of his status as a former police officer); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (the REAL ID Act “requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”).