Case Name: Hugo Rodrigues MACIEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-02
Citations: 546 F. App'x 711
Docket Number: No. 12-70648
Parties: Hugo Rodrigues MACIEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 711–712

Head Matter:
Hugo Rodrigues MACIEL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-70648.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 19, 2013.
Filed Dec. 2, 2013.
Stephen Shaiken, Law Office of Stephen Shaiken, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Tiffany L. Walters, Trial, David V. Ber-nal, Assistant Director, OIL, DOJ — 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: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, 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
Hugo Rodrigues Maciel, a native and citizen of Brazil, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") 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 factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that even if Maeiel's asylum application was timely, he failed to establish past persecution in Brazil based on the threats he and his family received following a police officer's mistaken shooting of his brother. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003) (unfulfilled threats constituted harassment, not persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Maciel failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future harm because his mother and brother remain in Brazil unharmed. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003); see also Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001) (claim weakened or undercut when similarly-situated family members remain in applicant's home country without incident). Accordingly, Maciel's asylum claim fails.
Because Maciel failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye, 453 F.3d at 1190.
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the BIA's denial of CAT relief be cause Maciel failed to establish it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to Brazil. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835 (9th Cir.2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.