Gomez

MEMORANDUM **

Nohelia Gomez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing her appeal of the Immigration Judge’s denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1253(h). Because the BIA conducted an independent review of the record, we review the BIA’s decision for substantial evidence. De Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 393 (9th Cir.1997). We deny the petition.

The BIA’s dismissal of Gomez’s appeal is based upon substantial evidence contained in the record. See INS v. Elias-Zacharias, 502 U.S. 478, 483 , 112 S.Ct. 812, 816 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). The alleged threats Gomez received because of her affiliation with the Central National Union do not rise to the level of past persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir.2000). 1 Further, the fact that the UCN party has not been active for many years shows that Gomez’s fear of being persecuted for her prior affiliation with the party is no longer objectively reasonable. See Ernesto Navas v. INS, 217 F.3d 646 , 655 n. 8 (9th Cir.2000). Accordingly, the record does not compel the…