Case Name: Jose Rosario RIVERA CONTRERAS, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-14
Citations: 237 F. App'x 228
Docket Number: No. 06-70127
Parties: Jose Rosario RIVERA CONTRERAS, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 237
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
Jose Rosario RIVERA CONTRERAS, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-70127.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 5, 2007.
Filed June 14, 2007.
Enrique Ramirez, Esq., Law Office of Enrique Ramirez, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Michelle G. Latour Fax, Michael P. Truman, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Gary M. Guarino, Esq., USAK-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Federal Bldg. & U.S. Courthouse, Anchorage, AK, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Rosario Rivera Contreras, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision that summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that the threat Rivera Contreras received did not constitute past persecution. See Lim, 224 F.3d at 936. In addition, substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that Rivera Contreras's fear of future persecution is not objectively reasonable in light of current country conditions. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 998-99 (9th Cir.2003). Accordingly, his asylum claim is denied.
Because Rivera Contreras failed to satisfy the lower standard of proof for asylum, it necessarily follows that he failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.