Chauham

MEMORANDUM **

Arvindbhai Shankerbhai Chauham, a native and citizen of India, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Chauham has not established eligibility for asylum. The unfulfilled threats he received from his ex-girlfriend’s family do not rise to the level of past persecution. See Mendez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 340 F.3d 865 , 870 n. 6 (9th Cir.2003) (“unspecified threats” received by Mexican national not “sufficiently menacing to constitute past persecution”). The IJ also correctly held that Chauham does not have an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution because he has severed ties with his ex-girlfriend and he was able to live and work in other parts of India. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v.…