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Jack Edward COLE, AKA Garth Newmeyers, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 15-71370
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted April 11, 2017 
    
    Filed April 20, 2017
    Jack Edward Cole, Pro Se
    Elizabeth K. Fitzgerald-Sambou, Trial Attorney, OIL, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
    Before: GOULD, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jack Edward Cole, a native and citizen of Canada, petitions pro se for review of the Board of . Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, and we review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Padilla-Martinez v. Holder, 770 F.3d 825, 830 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.

We reject Cole’s contentions that the BIA violated his due process rights by summarily affirming the IJ’s decision or by failing to properly review his case. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Cole failed to meet his burden of proof to demonstrate past persecution by the Hell’s Angels in Canada. See Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051 (9th Cir.2001) (“The applicant has the burden of proving his eligibility with ‘credible, direct, and specific evidence’ ”) (citation omitted); Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1045-46 (9th Cir. 2009) (record did not compel reversal of the BIA’s conclusion that petitioner’s corroborating evidence was insufficient). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s conclusion that Cole failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution by the Hell’s Angels in Canada because he did not establish his fear was objectively reasonable. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) (accepting petitioner’s fear was subjectively genuine but finding it was “not objectively reasonable under the circumstances of [the] case”). We reject Cole’s contentions that agency failed to consider evidence or erred by misstating or misrepresenting the record. Thus, Cole’s asylum claim fails.

In this case, because Cole failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he failed to satisfy the standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).

Finally, Cole’s CAT claim fails because he did not demonstrate it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the Canadian government. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066,1073 (9th Cir. 2008).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.