Case Name: Jose Antonio MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-12
Citations: 176 F. App'x 805
Docket Number: No. 04-76396
Parties: Jose Antonio MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 176
Pages: 805–806

Head Matter:
Jose Antonio MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-76396.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 5, 2006.
Decided April 12, 2006.
Stephen Shaiken, Esq., Law Office of Stephen Shaiken, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Christopher C. Wang, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, MCKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Antonio Mendez, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals adopting an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1151 (9th Cir.2005), we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's determination that Mendez does not qualify for withholding of removal because Mendez failed to establish that it is "more likely than not" that he would be persecuted upon return to Peru. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000). Neither Mendez nor his family was ever harmed by the Shining Path guerrillas, and his brother, the primary target of the guerrillas, remained unharmed in Peru for several years after being threatened. See Nahrvani, 399 F.3d at 1153-54 (record did not compel a finding of eligibility for withholding of removal where petitioner was never physically harmed or detained, and suffered only ambiguous threats and de minimis property damage); Lata, 204 F.3d at 1244-45 (9th Cir.2000) (record did not compel a finding of eligibility for withholding of removal where petitioner remained in Fiji for approximately two years after isolated incident of harm and where her sister continued to reside there without difficulty).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.