Case Name: Edsel DEGUZMAN, aka Edesel Cruz Deguzman, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-10-19
Citations: 669 F. App'x 853
Docket Number: No. 14-70896
Parties: Edsel DEGUZMAN, aka Edesel Cruz Deguzman, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TROTT, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judge's.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 853–854

Head Matter:
Edsel DEGUZMAN, aka Edesel Cruz Deguzman, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-70896
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 7, 2016 Pasadena, California
Filed October 19, 2016
Thomas Stefanski, Frank, Greenberg, Simone & Stefanski, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner
Joanna L. Watson, Trial Attorney, Yanal H. Yousef, Trial Attorney, Dana Michelle Camilleri, Andrew Nathan O’Malley, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent
Before: TROTT, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judge's.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Edsel Deguzman, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Deguzman failed to establish 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 quotations and citations omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's determination that Deguzman did not demonstrate- a well-founded fear of persecution, See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) (possibility of persecution too "speculative"). Thus, Deguzman's asylum claim fails.
Because Deguzman 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).
Finally, Deguzman's CAT claim also fails because he did not establish it is more likely than not that he would be tortured in the Philippines by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government. See Silaya, 524 F.3d at 1073.
Petition for Review DENIED,
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.