Case Name: Jose MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ, 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: 234 F. App'x 632
Docket Number: No. 06-71101
Parties: Jose MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 234
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
Jose MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-71101.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 5, 2007.
Filed June 14, 2007.
Samuel W. Asbury, Esq., Gresham, OR, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of The District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Portland, OR, William H. Lantz, Jr., Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Overseas Prosecutorial, Carol Federighi, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, 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 Martinez-Fernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' 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 evi dence, Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition.
Assuming credibility, substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that Martinez-Fernandez failed to establish that the harm he experienced occurred on account of a protected ground because he failed to show that guerillas were interested in him for any reason other than conscription. Thus, his asylum claim fails. See id. at 1151.
Because Martinez-Fernandez 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.