Case Name: Saul Nery LOPEZ-VIRULA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-19
Citations: 511 F. App'x 670
Docket Number: No. 10-73921
Parties: Saul Nery LOPEZ-VIRULA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 511
Pages: 670–672

Head Matter:
Saul Nery LOPEZ-VIRULA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-73921.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2013.
Filed March 19, 2013.
Saul Nery Lopez-Virula, Morena Valley, CA, pro se.
Michele Yvette Frances Sarko, Esquire, 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: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Saul Nery Lopez-Virula, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") 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 substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and review de novo claims of due process violations, Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 620 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Lopez-Virula fears persecution by the Guatemalan government or military because he witnessed a kidnapping in 1984, and because his father, a former major in the Guatemalan military, was killed in 1991.
We reject Lopez-Virula's contention that the agency failed to consider all of the evidence in assessing his claims. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir.2006) (the agency is presumed to have considered the entire record).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's determination that the threats Lopez-Vi-rula received in Guatemala did not amount to past 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 quotation marks omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's decision that Lopez-Virula failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution in Guatemala. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative); Castillo v. INS, 951 F.2d 1117, 1122 (9th Cir.1991) (well-founded fear may be undermined by petitioner's "safe and undisturbed residence in his homeland after the occurrence of the event which is alleged to have induced his fear"); Hak-eem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir. 2001) (claim of persecution upon return is undermined when applicant has returned to native country without incident). Consequently, his asylum claim fails.
Because Lopez-Virula did not establish his eligibility for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Rostomian v. INS, 210 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir. 2000).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Lopez-Virula failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the Guatemalan government if returned. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
We lack jurisdiction to review Lopez-Virula's contention that the IJ was biased because he failed to raise this issue before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). We reject any remaining contention that Lopez-Virula's proceedings were unfair. See Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 927 (9th Cir.2007) (rejecting due process claim where petitioner "was given a full and fair opportunity to present his case").
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.