Case Name: J. Jesus MELENDEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-23
Citations: 89 F. App'x 73
Docket Number: No. 02-71242; Agency No. A75-247-146
Parties: J. Jesus MELENDEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 89
Pages: 73–73

Head Matter:
J. Jesus MELENDEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-71242.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 17, 2004.
Decided Feb. 23, 2004.
Walter Rafael Pineda, Law Offices of Walter Rafael Pineda, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Immigration & Naturalization Sendee, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., John L. Davis, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
J. Jesus Melendez-Figueroa, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming, without opinion, an immigration judge's denial of his application for political asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.
Melendez-Figueroa's contention that the BIA's streamlining regulations violate his rights to due process is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849-51 (9th Cir.2003). As to the merits, we conclude that the immigration judge properly denied the asylum request because Melendez-Figueroa did not establish that there was more than a generalized or random possibility of his future persecution in Mexico. See Kotasz v. INS, 31 F.3d 847, 852-54 (9th Cir.1994).
We decline to address Melendez-Figueroa's contention regarding his social group because he failed to raise this contention with the BIA. See Vargas v. INS, 831 F.2d 906, 907 (9th Cir.1987). Because Melendez-Figueroa failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).
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.