Case Name: Miguel JOAQUIN-PASCUAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-13
Citations: 523 F. App'x 463
Docket Number: No. 10-73344
Parties: Miguel JOAQUIN-PASCUAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 523
Pages: 463–464

Head Matter:
Miguel JOAQUIN-PASCUAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-73344.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 10, 2013.
Filed June 13, 2013.
Robert Francis Jacobs, Esquire, Jacobs & Vega, PLC, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Monica Antoun, Esquire, 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: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Miguel Joaquin-Pascual, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), and relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act ("NACARA"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Joaquin-Pascual claims past persecution and a fear of future persecution on account of his status as an evangelical Christian. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Joaquin-Pascual, who testified he was not personally injured, did not establish past persecution in Guatemala. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003) (record did not compel finding that Pentecostal Christian who was "teased, bothered, discriminated against and harassed" suffered from past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Joaquin-Pascual's vague testimony did not establish a well-founded fear of persecution in light of country conditions documentation in the record. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir.2009) (concluding that petitioner failed to make a compelling showing of the objective component of a well-founded fear of persecution); Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1096 (9th Cir.2002) ("When, as here, a petitioner has not established past persecution, . [the agency is] entitled to rely on all relevant evidence in the record, including a State Department report") (emphasis in original).
Because Joaquin-Pascual did not meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, it follows that he has not met the higher standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye, 453 F.3d at 1190.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that Joaquin-Pascual did not es tablish it is more likely than not he will be tortured if he returns to Guatemala. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir.2011). We reject Joaquin-Pascual's contention that the BIA did not consider all the relevant evidence. Accordingly, Joaquin-Pascual's CAT claim fails.
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's determination that Joaquin-Pas-cual is not eligible for NACARA relief. See Ixcot v. Holder, 646 F.3d 1202, 1213-14 (9th Cir.2011).
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.