Gonzalez-Quevedo

Gonzalez-Quevedo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

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71 F. App'x 671
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 28, 2003No. 02-70453; INS No. A70-779-177California307 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Rigoberto Gonzalez-Quevedo, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

We review the BIA’s determination that an applicant has not proven eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal for substantial evidence. Cardenas v. INS, 294 F.3d 1062, 1065 (9th Cir.2002); MolinarEstrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir.2002). Therefore, we must uphold its decision unless Gonzalez-Quevedo shows that the evidence not only supports reversal, but compels it. Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000) (quoting INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992)).

Because Gonzalez-Quevedo has failed to produce any evidence showing that the guerrillas have imputed or would impute any political beliefs to him, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that he failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of imputed…

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