Case Name: Jorge Luis CHICOMA-CALIXTO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-16
Citations: 83 F. App'x 234
Docket Number: No. 03-70014; Agency No. A76-369-817
Parties: Jorge Luis CHICOMA-CALIXTO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 83
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
Jorge Luis CHICOMA-CALIXTO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-70014.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 8, 2003.
Decided Dec. 16, 2003.
Veronica Burris Valentine, Las Vagas, NV, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Phoenix, AZ, David M. McConnell, Lisa M. Arnold, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Luis Chicoma-Calixto, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance of an 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 the IJ's determination that an applicant has not established eligibility for asylum, and we must uphold the decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition.
Chicoma-Calixto testified that Shining Path members attempted to recruit him because of his prior military experience, not because of his political opinion, real or imputed. Accordingly, the IJ's determination that Chicoma-Calixto failed to establish eligibility for asylum is supported by substantial evidence. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 482-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (holding that forced recruitment without more is insufficient to establish persecution on account of one's political opinion).
By failing to qualify for asylum, Chico-ma-Calixto necessarily failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995).
PETITION FOR REVIEW 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.