Ocampo

MEMORANDUM **

Ygnaeio Ceayhuari Ocampo, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . See Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105,1107-08 (9th Cir.2003). We review the denial of asylum and withholding of removal for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Ocampo failed to demonstrate his well-founded fear of persecution was objectively reasonable, and his application for asylum and withholding of removal was properly denied. See Lata, 204 F.3d at 1245 ; Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960-61 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc); Castillo v. INS, 951 F.2d 1117, 1122 (9th Cir.1991). Ocampo testified that he feared persecution from the Shining Path (“Sendero Luminoso”) due to his…