Mansujeto

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 06 2010

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GILMAR LORENZO MANSUJETO, No. 07-71831

Petitioner, Agency No. A098-263-545

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted December 15, 2009 **

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Gilmar Lorenzo Mansujeto, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from

an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

PR/Research withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review

for substantial evidence, Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 n.4 (9th Cir.

2003),…