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Jesus Ramos BAUTISTA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 09-73819.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 19, 2013.
    
    Filed Dec. 10, 2013.
    Jesus Ramos Bautista, Bremerton, WA, pro se.
    Kimberly A. Burdge, Esquire, Trial, Oil, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jesus Ramos Bautista, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1151 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Bautista established changed or extraordinary circumstances sufficient to excuse his untimely filed asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.4(a)(4), (5). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to his asylum claim.

Bautista, an indigenous Guatemalan who served in the civil patrol, testified soldiers thought he assisted the guerrillas while he lived in Guatemala. Bautista also testified that, while gangs never physically harmed him, and neither he nor his family members have had any particular problems with gangs, gangs now pose a problem. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Bautista failed to establish either past persecution or that it is more likely than not he would be persecuted upon his return to Guatemala. See Nahrvani, 399 F.3d at 1153-54 (threats, harassment, and property damage did not constitute past persecution, and fear of future persecution was too speculative). Accordingly, Bautista’s withholding of removal claim fails.

Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of Bautista’s CAT claim because he failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to Guatemala. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).

Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Bautista did not make the requisite showing of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to be eligible for cancellation of removal. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir.2005).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.