Case Name: Francisco MARCOS-FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-20
Citations: 483 F. App'x 364
Docket Number: No. 10-73885
Parties: Francisco MARCOS-FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 483
Pages: 364–365

Head Matter:
Francisco MARCOS-FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-73885.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 20, 2012.
Dennis Alan Grossman, Grossman Law Offices APLC, Fresno, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Yanal H. Yousef, 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: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, 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
Francisco Marcos-Francisco, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings and review de novo its legal conclusions. Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that Marcos-Francisco has not established past persecution because the two threats he received from guerrillas do not rise to the level of persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir.2000) ("Threats standing alone . constitute past persecution in only a small category of cases, and only when the threats are so menacing as to cause significant actual suffering or harm.") (internal quotations omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Marcos-Francisco failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative). Therefore, Marcos-Francisco's asylum claims fails.
Because Marcos-Francisco failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's finding that Marcos-Francisco has not established that it is more likely than not he will be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a government official. See Santos-Lemus, 542 F.3d at 747-48. Accordingly, Marcos-Francisco's CAT claim fails.
Marcos-Francisco has not overcome the presumption that the agency considered all of the evidence in the record. See Larita-Martinez v. INS, 220 F.3d 1092, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2000).
Additionally, Marcos-Francisco contends the BIA applied the incorrect legal standard to his cancellation of removal claim by failing to consider the hardship factors cumulatively and by failing to apply controlling precedent to the determination. The record belies these contentions. Because the BIA applied the correct legal standard, and Marcos-Francisco does not put forth a colorable legal or constitutional claim, we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary hardship determination. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 979-80 (9th Cir.2009).
Marcos-Francisco's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The Clerk shall amend the docket to reflect this status.
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.