Case Name: Carlos MIRANDA-ZAPATA, aka Carlos Anibal Miranda-Zapata, Carlos Anibal Miranda, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-13
Citations: 106 F. App'x 624
Docket Number: No. 03-70492, A77-796-319
Parties: Carlos MIRANDA-ZAPATA, aka Carlos Anibal Miranda-Zapata, Carlos Anibal Miranda, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 106
Pages: 624–625

Head Matter:
Carlos MIRANDA-ZAPATA, aka Carlos Anibal Miranda-Zapata, Carlos Anibal Miranda, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-70492, [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 9, 2004.
Decided Aug. 13, 2004.
Carlos Miranda-Zapata, Stockton, CA, pro se.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Lagu-na Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Marshall Tamor Golding, Esq., Richard M. Evans, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, RAWLINSON and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Carlos Aníbal Miranda-Zapata appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA's") streamlined affirmance of the Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's conclusion that Miranda-Zapata failed to demonstrate by "credible, direct, and specific evidence" that he has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of one of the protected grounds. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted); 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). Miranda-Zapata's testimony was so vague and inconclusive that we cannot say that no reasonable "factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution." INS v. Elias-Zaca-rias, 502 U.S. 478, 484, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).
We deny Miranda-Zapata's withholding of removal claim because failure to meet the standard for asylum necessarily precludes him from obtaining the relief of withholding of removal. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995). We deny Miranda-Zapata's due process claims regarding the BIA's streamlining of his appeal in light of Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 851 (9th Cir.2003). Accordingly, we deny the petition.
PETITION 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 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.