Serrano-Lemus

Serrano-Lemus v. Holder

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350 F. App'x 122
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 27, 2009No. 06-75527California238 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Daniel Serrano-Lemus, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1028 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that, even if Serrano-Lemus testified credibly, he did not establish past persecution from the one death threat he received while in the mili *123 tary. See id. at 1028-30 . Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s determination that Serrano-Lemus did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution based on his earlier military service. See Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1179-81 (9th Cir.2007) (State Department Reports constitute substantial evidence supporting BIA’s determination of no well-founded fear).

Because Serrano-Lemus failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of…

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