Solis

Solis v. Ashcroft

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103 F. App'x 304
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 19, 2004No. 02-71467California282 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Feliciano Antonio Monteros Solis, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the transitional rules apply, Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Monteros Solis failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003). Moreover, Monteros Solis’s subjective fear is unreasonable in light of changed country conditions. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 1000-01 (9th Cir.2003) (upholding a denial of asylum based on changed country conditions where the agency rationally construes the country report and conducts an individualized analysis of how the changed conditions will affect the petitioner’s situation).

Because Monteros Solis faded to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more…

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