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Evelio Humberto MARTINEZ-ESCALANTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-73664.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 19, 2012.
    
    Filed Dec. 28, 2012.
    Evelio Humberto Martinez-Escalante, Lancaster, CA, pro se.
    OIL, Richard Zanfardino, Trial, 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: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Evelio Humberto Martinez-Escalante, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Martinez-Escalante fears being targeted in Guatemala by unidentified individuals who shot his brother, a former police officer. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision that, even if credible, Martinez-Escalante failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See id. at 977 (petitioner “failed to make a compelling showing of the requisite objective argument of a well-founded fear”). Consequently, his asylum claim fails.

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