Perez-Bautista
Perez-Bautista v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Anacleto Perez-Bautista, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Perez-Bautista failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).
The IJ found the attempts to forcibly recruit Perez-Bautista were not on account of Perez-Bautista’s actual or implied political opinion and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. Id. Likewise, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding of changed country conditions, see Molino-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1095 (9th Cir.2002), and that the danger to Perez-Bautista was not countrywide, Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1069 (9th Cir.2003).