Case Name: Jorge Alberto RAMIREZ NINO, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-09-14
Citations: 248 F. App'x 122
Docket Number: No. 07-10631
Parties: Jorge Alberto RAMIREZ NINO, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
Judges: Before DUBINA, CARNES and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 248
Pages: 122–123

Head Matter:
Jorge Alberto RAMIREZ NINO, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
No. 07-10631
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 14, 2007.
Roberto Matus, Roberto Matus, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioner.
Jesse Lloyd Busen, David V. Bernal, USDOJ, Office of Immigration Litigation, Aviva L. Poczter, Patricia A. Smith, Lindsay Williams, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before DUBINA, CARNES and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jorge Alberto Ramirez Nino, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions this Court for review of the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals that affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge to deny Ramirez's application for withholding of removal. We deny the petition.
We review only the decision of the BIA, except to the extent that it expressly adopts the opinion of the IJ. See Al Najjar v. Ashcroft, 257 F.3d 1262, 1284 (11th Cir.2001). We review de novo the legal determinations of the BIA, id., and review factual findings of the BIA under the substantial evidence test, Sepulveda v. U.S. Att'y Gen., 401 F.3d 1226, 1230 (11th Cir. 2005) . "Under this highly deferential standard of review, the [BIA's] decision can be reversed only if the evidence 'compels' a reasonable fact finder to find otherwise." Id.
Ramirez argues that he is entitled to withholding of removal, but to qualify for withholding of removal, Ramirez had to establish that it is more likely than not that he would be persecuted if returned to Colombia. Mendoza v. U.S. Att'y Gen., 327 F.3d 1283, 1287 (11th Cir.2003); 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3). To satisfy his burden, Ramirez was required to present specific and credible evidence (1) of past persecution on account of a protected ground; or (2) that on account of a protected ground it "is more likely than not" he will suffer future persecution. 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(b)(1), (2). Persecution is an "extreme concept, requiring more than a few isolated incidents of verbal harassment or intimidation," and "not all exceptional treatment is persecution." Zheng v. U.S. Att'y Gen., 451 F.3d 1287, 1290 (11th Cir.2006).
Substantial evidence supports the decision of the BIA that Ramirez failed to meet his burden of proof for at least two reasons. First, Ramirez's evidence of threats did not compel a finding that he suffered past persecution. Ramirez received threatening telephone calls from guerrillas and two unidentified men attempted to block his path in the road one evening, but Ramirez was never harmed. Ramirez also testified that guerillas demanded money and goods from his stepfather's company, which employed Ramirez, but the guerillas failed to retaliate when the company refused their demands. Second, the record supports the finding that Ramirez would not suffer persecution if returned to Colombia, because Ramirez's step-father has remained in Colombia without incident.
We lack jurisdiction to review Ramirez's remaining argument that the immigration judge denied him due process, because Ramirez did not raise this argument before the BIA. Amaya-Artunduaga v. U.S. Att'y Gen., 463 F.3d 1247, 1250-51 (11th Cir.2006).
PETITION DENIED.