Case Name: Ramiro MORALES-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-19
Citations: 72 F. App'x 712
Docket Number: No. 02-73960; Agency No. A70-968-617
Parties: Ramiro MORALES-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 72
Pages: 712–713

Head Matter:
Ramiro MORALES-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-73960. Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 11, 2003.
Decided Aug. 19, 2003.
Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HAWKINS, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ramiro Morales-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), affirming an Immigration Judge's ("LJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence and uphold the BIA's decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Morales faded to show that a member of the Zapatistas threatened his life because of his actual or imputed political opinion rather than because he frustrated the guerrillas' recruitment efforts. See id. at 482-84. Accordingly, Morales did not establish eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal. See Valderrama v. INS, 260 F.3d 1083, 1085 (9th Cir.2001).
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.