Case Name: Andres TAMBERG; Murel Murakas, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-07-31
Citations: 535 F. App'x 581
Docket Number: No. 11-71294
Parties: Andres TAMBERG; Murel Murakas, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 535
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
Andres TAMBERG; Murel Murakas, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71294.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 24, 2013.
Filed July 31, 2013.
Homayun F. Zadeh, Law Office of Ho-mayun F. Zadeh, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, William Clark Min-ick, Trial, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and CALLAHAN, 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
Andres Tamberg and Murel Murakas, natives of the former Soviet Union and citizens of Estonia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Tamberg's experiences in Estonia, including name-calling, threatening phone calls, and fistfights did not rise to the level of persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003) (harassment, unfulfilled threats, and one beating did not compel finding of past persecution). We reject Tamberg's contention that the agency failed to consider the cumulative effect of the harms he suffered. Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Tamberg failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative). Accordingly, Tamberg's asylum claim fails.
Because Tamberg 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.
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review Tamberg's contention that the IJ's decision was arbitrary and capricious, because he failed to raise this argument to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.