Pedro Mejia Tovar v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Pedro Mejia Tovar, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000), and we review de novo due process claims, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Mejia Tovar does not challenge the agency’s dispositive finding that his application for asylum was untimely.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Mejia Tovar failed to establish past persecution based on the threats he received, the shooting incident, and the incident with the grenade. See Lim, 224 F.3d at 936 ; Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003) (petitioner failed to present evidence that compelled a finding of past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the finding that Mejia Tovar failed to demonstrate a clear probability of future harm…