Sandro Carillo-Cocom v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Sandro Melvin Carrillo-Cocom, a native and citizen of Belize, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that the threats, rock-throwing, and economic deprivation Carrillo-Cocom experienced on account of his membership in the Freemasons, even considered cumulatively, did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Nagoulko, 333 F.3d at 1016 (discrimination, harassment, and physical encounters without any significant physical violence did not compel finding of past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s determination that Carrillo-Cocom failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his Freemason or political…