Iris Rodriguez Martinez v. Attorney General United States of America

── Iris Rodriguez Martinez v. Attorney General United States of America ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Date: April 30, 2026 Category: General NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________ No. 25-1373 ________________ IRIS IVETTE RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ; RIQUELMEY LIONEL MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ; NELSON EDINELSON MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioners v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _____________ On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Agency Nos. A202-002-396, A202-002-397, A202-002-398) Immigration Judge: Richard Drucker ________________ Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) on November 6, 2025 Before: PHIPPS, ROTH, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges. (Filed: April 30, 2026) ________________ OPINION * ________________ * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. RENDELL, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Iris Ivette Rodriguez-Martinez 1 petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We discern no cognizable error in the BIA’s and IJ’s decisions. Accordingly, we will deny the petition. I. Martinez and her two sons are natives and citizens of El Salvador. In June 2014, while living in El Salvador, Martinez began receiving phone calls from purported members of a gang. These persons threatened to kill her and her sons if she did not pay them $150. As a result, Martinez stayed in her home and did not leave. One day, however, Martinez left to buy food when an alleged gang member approached her and told her that because she had not paid, the gang would give her the opportunity to leave or else the gang would kill them. Martinez reported the threats to a police officer who was a member of her church. She told him that she wanted to file a police report, but the officer warned her to be careful because some of his fellow officers were allegedly involved in gang activity. Nevertheless, Martinez filed a police report detailing the threats she received. She showed the phone calls she received to the police, and officers listened to the voicemails that the gang members left. However, as the phone calls were placed using private 1 Martinez is the lead petitioner for her and her two sons. The opinion refers to the petitioners and their claims collectively. 2 numbers and Martinez could not otherwise provide the police with information to identify these callers nor a description of the person who had threatened her while she was buying food, the police told her that there was little they could do. Martinez conceded that she was unsure what else the police could have done with the limited information that she provided. 2 So, she decided to leave for the United States. She and her sons entered the United States without inspection on August 10, 2014. The Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice to Appear to them on August 7, 2014. She and her sons conceded removability but applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection. The IJ denied their applications for asylum and withholding of removal, finding that (1) Martinez failed to de