Juan Gonzalez-Pedro v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Juan Gonzalez-Pedro, 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 protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Gonzalez-Pedro established extraordinary circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4 (a)(5). Accordingly, his asylum application fails.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Gonzalez-Pedro failed to establish past persecution or a fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground based on having been bullied by children in school and threatened by his uncle. See 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”); see also…