Humberto Delgado-Hernandez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Humberto Balmoris Delgado-Hernandez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision (“IJ”) 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 the agency’s factual findings. Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106, 1113 (9th Cir.2013). We deny the petition for review.

Even if Delgado-Hernandez’s notice of appeal to the BIA was specific enough to meaningfully challenge the IJ’s denial of his claims, substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Delgado-Hernandez’s experiences in El Salvador, including three unfulfilled threats from gang members, did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179,1182 (9th Cir.2003) (unfulfilled threats received by ethnic Albanian “constitute harassment rather than persecution”). In light of our conclusion, we need not address Delgado-Hernandez’s contentions regarding nexus. Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s…