Perilla

MEMORANDUM **

Lead petitioner Pedro Ramos Perilla, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions pro se for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992 (9th Cir.2003), and deny the petition for review.

Even assuming that Ramos Perilla provided credible testimony, substantial evidence supports the I J’s conclusion that the threatening phone calls he received did not constitute past persecution on account of his political opinion.

Moreover, Ramos Perilla did not present sufficient evidence to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his political opinion. See Quintanilla-Ticas v. INS, 783 F.2d 955, 957 (9th Cir.1986) (holding that petitioner had not shown a well-founded fear of future persecution based on anonymous threat he received).

Because Ramos Perilla failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Pedro-Mateo…