Case Name: Franco Fernando Sebastian GASPAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-12-15
Citations: 588 F. App'x 589
Docket Number: No. 12-71728
Parties: Franco Fernando Sebastian GASPAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 588
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
Franco Fernando Sebastian GASPAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-71728.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 9, 2014.
Filed Dec. 15, 2014.
Franco Fernando Sebastian Gaspar, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
OIL, Dara Smith, Trial, 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: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, 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
Franco Fernando Sebastian Gaspar, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Sebastian Gaspar's contentions on appeal regarding the IJ's partial adverse credibility finding, because he did not raise these arguments in his brief to the BIA. See Abebe v. Mukasey, 554 F.3d 1203, 1208 (9th Cir.2009) (en banc) (per curiam) (failure to raise an issue in the brief to the BIA, even if it was raised in the notice of appeal, means the claim was not exhausted and the court lacks jurisdiction to review).
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that Sebastian Gaspar has not shown past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995) (facts did not compel a finding of past persecution); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative). Thus, Sebastian Gaspar's asylum claim fails.
Because Sebastian Gaspar failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye, 453 F.3d at 1190.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.