Carlos Chapen Morales v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Carlos Chapen Morales, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions 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, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Chapen Morales failed to establish that he suffered harm rising to the level of persecution. See Li v. Ashcroft, 356 F.3d 1153, 1158 (9th Cir.2004) (en banc) (describing persecution as “an extreme concept”). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Chapen Morales did not demonstrate that he has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (petitioner must provide some evidence of the persecutor’s motive); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010). Thus, Chapen Morales’s asylum…