Case Name: Ruben Emilio CASTILLO-GOMEZ; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-27
Citations: 109 F. App'x 976
Docket Number: No. 03-70927; Agency Nos. A73-989-604, A73-989-605
Parties: Ruben Emilio CASTILLO-GOMEZ; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 109
Pages: 976–977

Head Matter:
Ruben Emilio CASTILLO-GOMEZ; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-70927.
Agency Nos. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ], [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2004.
Decided Sept. 27, 2004.
Karen L. Levine, Jerry Levine, Esq., Levine Law Offices, San Diego, CA, for Petitioners.
Ruben Emilio Castillo-Gomez, pro se.
Regional Counsel, Laguna Niguel, CA, Office of Immigration Judge Executive Office of Immigration Review, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Legal Officer, San Francisco, CA, Terri J. Scadron, Esq., Anthony W. Norwood, Esq., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ruben Emilio Castillo-Gomez, and his son Pablo Ruben Castillo-Maldonado, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal of an Immigration Judge's denial of their 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, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
Castillo-Gomez did not present sufficient evidence to compel a finding that he suffered past persecution or that he has an objectively reasonable fear of persecution upon his return to Guatemala. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). Because petitioners failed to qualify for asylum, they necessarily failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 1001 n. 5 (9th Cir.2003).
Petitioners' remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
Petitioners do not challenge the agency's denial of CAT relief and therefore it is waived. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996).
We do not consider the exhibits attached to petitioners' brief because they were not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 964 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).
Pursuant to Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741 (9th Cir.2004), petitioners' motion for stay of removal included a timely request for stay of voluntary departure. Because the motion for stay of removal was granted, the voluntary departure period was also stayed, nunc pro tunc, to the filing of the motion for stay of removal, and this stay will expire upon issuance of the mandate.
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.