Case Name: Miguel Albert MONTILLA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-14
Citations: 204 F. App'x 508
Docket Number: No. 05-61056
Parties: Miguel Albert MONTILLA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 204
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
Miguel Albert MONTILLA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-61056.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 14, 2006.
Salvador Colon, Colon & Olvera, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Edward C. Durant, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Katherine Wharton Vincent, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Louisiana, LaFayette, LA, Caryl G. Thompson, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service District Directors Office, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before DeMOSS, STEWART and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Miguel Albert Montilla has filed a petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying him asylum or withholding of removal. For purposes of the instant petition, the immigration judge's decision is the final agency determination for judicial review. See Ontunez-Tursios v. Ashcroft, 303 F.3d 341, 348 (5th Cir.2002). We will uphold the factual finding that an alien is not eligible for asylum or withholding of removal if that finding is supported by substantial evidence. Gomez-Mejia v. INS, 56 F.3d 700, 702 (5th Cir.1995).
Montilla argues that the immigration judge failed to explain why asylum was not warranted in his case. Alternatively, he argues that the immigration judge failed to support her adverse decision regarding persecution. This argument fails, however, because the immigration judge's decision reflects meaningful consideration of the relevant substantial evidence supporting Montilla's claims. See Abdel-Masieh v. INS, 73 F.3d 579, 585 (5th Cir.1996) (addressing requirement that an alien receive "full and fair consideration" of his claims).
Montilla also argues that the three or four telephone calls he received were sufficient to establish persecution because they "were in fact direct and unequivocal threats that [he] would be killed." Although threats of violence may be sufficient to support a finding of persecution, see Tamara-Gomez v. Gonzales, 447 F.3d 343, 346-49 & n. 8 (5th Cir.2006), Montilla's assertion that he produced direct evidence of specific death threats by the police is not supported by the record. Finally, because the immigration judge found no persecution, she did not err in failing to evaluate whether there was a nexus between the alleged persecution and one of the five statutory grounds for asylum. Cf. Tamara-Gomez, 447 F.3d at 349 (addressing nexus after finding persecution).
Montilla does not challenge the BIA's conclusion that he was not eligible for the withholding of removal. Accordingly, he has waived any such argument. See Rodriguez v. INS, 9 F.3d 408, 414 n. 15 (5th Cir.1993).
PETITION DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.