Case: 20-60581 Document: 00516179937 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/25/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 25, 2022 No. 20-60581 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Maria Garcia-Gonzalez, Petitioner, versus Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A206 364 468 Before Higginbotham, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Maria Garcia-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her appeal from the denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). * Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 20-60581 Document: 00516179937 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/25/2022 No. 20-60581 We review the BIA’s factual findings for substantial evidence and its legal determinations de novo, considering the immigration judge’s decision to the extent it influenced the BIA. Lopez-Gomez v. Ashcroft, 263 F.3d 442, 444 (5th Cir. 2001); Singh v. Sessions, 880 F.3d 220, 224 (5th Cir. 2018). Under the substantial evidence standard, we can only overturn a factual finding if the evidence compels a contrary result. Martinez-Lopez v. Barr, 943 F.3d 766, 769 (5th Cir. 2019). Garcia-Gonzalez argues that the BIA erred by concluding that she does not qualify for asylum. To qualify for asylum, an applicant must establish that she “is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, [her home] country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A); see id. § 1158(b)(1)(A). Garcia- Gonzalez seeks asylum on account of her partner’s domestic abuse. Asylum applicants seeking to establish persecution based on violent conduct of a private actor must show that their “government is unable or unwilling to control” that private actor. Tesfamichael v. Gonzales, 469 F.3d 109, 113 (5th Cir. 2006); see also Shehu v. Gonzales, 443 F.3d 435, 437 (5th Cir. 2006); Gonzales-Veliz v. Barr, 938 F.3d 219, 233 (5th Cir. 2019). The BIA found that Garcia-Gonzalez did not demonstrate that the Salvadoran authorities were unable or unwilling to control her abusive partner. Given that the record indicates that Salvadoran police arrested and detained Garcia-Gonzalez’s partner for a month after they received a report of his abuse, we cannot say that the evidence compels a contrary finding. Accordingly, substantial 2 Case: 20-60581 Document: 00516179937 Page: 3 Date Filed: 01/25/2022 No. 20-60581 evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Garcia-Gonzalez is not eligible for asylum.1 Garcia-Gonzalez next argues that the BIA abused its discretion by failing to fully analyze her withholding of removal claim. However, the BIA “does not have to ‘write an exegesis …
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