Orellanda
Orellanda v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Eldon Udine Galvez Orellanda, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention *732 Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1169 (9th Cir.2005), we deny the petition for review.
Petitioner’s testimony that unidentified callers threatened him for attempting to collect a debt owed by the military to a pharmaceutical company does not compel the conclusion that he was or would be targeted on account of a statutorily protected ground. See id. at 1171-72 . Consequently, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that he is not eligible for asylum or withholding of removal. See id. at 1172 .
The IJ properly denied petitioner CAT relief because he failed to present evidence that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured by Guatemalan officials or anyone acting with their acquiescence. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16 (c)(2).