Opinion
No. 07-72624.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed October 27, 2010.
Law Offices of Carlos A. Cruz, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Nancy E. Friedman, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil DivyOffice of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A070-945-442.
Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Marlon Rivai Salguero Donado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zaearias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Donado testified guerillas harmed him for refusing to transport arms and for refusing to give them merchandise. The record does not compel reversal of the BIA's conclusion that Donado failed to establish guerillas targeted him on account of a protected ground. See id. at 482-84, 112 S.Ct. 812. Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's conclusion that Donado failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution, particularly in light of the 1996 Peace Accords which ended the conflict between guerillas and the Guatemalan government. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1095-96 (9th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, Donado's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary determination that Donado failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir. 2005).