Perez

MEMORANDUM **

Edgar Giovanni Lopez Perez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of asylum for substantial evidence. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Lopez Perez contends that he has a well-founded fear of persecution if he re *705 turns to Guatemala because he will be conscripted into the army. Among other things, the IJ properly relied upon a State Department report which states that Guatemala no longer conscripts its citizens. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1096 (9th Cir.2002) (holding that when “a petitioner has not established past persecution ... the IJ and the BIA are entitled to rely on ... a State Department report, in considering whether the petitioner has demonstrated that there is good reason to fear future persecution” (italics in original)); see also Chebchoub, 257 F.3d at 1044 (approving “the use of a country report to discredit a general…