Case Name: Jose Derio VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Eber Villalobos, a.k.a. Jose Derio Villalobos Moreira, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-20
Citations: 529 F. App'x 838
Docket Number: No. 10-71361
Parties: Jose Derio VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Eber Villalobos, a.k.a. Jose Derio Villalobos Moreira, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 529
Pages: 838–839

Head Matter:
Jose Derio VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Eber Villalobos, a.k.a. Jose Derio Villalobos Moreira, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71361.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2013.
Filed June 20, 2013.
Jose Derio Villalobos, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
OIL, Jeffery R. Leist, Trial, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, 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
Jose Derio Villalobos, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("LJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substan tial evidence the agency's factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review Villalobos' challenges to the IJ's denial of asylum and CAT relief, because, as noted by the BIA, he failed to raise them to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004); Abebe v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 1037, 1040 & n. 4 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc) (BIA may limit the scope of its adoption of the IJ's decision).
Villalobos testified guerrillas threatened him on account of his past military service, but never physically harmed him. Villalobos claims he now fears harm from guerrillas and gangs in El Salvador based on his past military service. Substantial evidence supports agency's determination that Villalobos did not suffer harm rising to the level of persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936-37 (9th Cir.2000) (unfulfilled threats, without more, generally do not constitute past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's determination that Villalobos failed to establish a clear probability of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015 (9th Cir.2010) ("The REAL ID Act of 2005 places an additional burden on [petitioner] to demonstrate that one of the five protected grounds will be at least one central reason for his persecution."). Accordingly, Villalobos' withholding of removal claim fails.
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.