Lopez Milian v. Holder

MEMORANDUM **

Jeffrey Malfredo Lopez Milian, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Lopez Milian failed to establish past persecution because the threats he received did not rise to the level of persecution. See id. at 936 . Substantial evidence further supports the IJ’s denial of past persecution and her denial of a well-founded fear of future persecution based on the IJ’s finding that Lopez Milian failed to establish that gang members threatened him on account of a protected ground, see Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 744-47 (9th Cir.2008), and based on her finding that Lopez Milian failed to establish the Guatemalan government was…