Case Name: Victor Hugo RENOJ-ALDANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-14
Citations: 478 F. App'x 469
Docket Number: No. 11-72857
Parties: Victor Hugo RENOJ-ALDANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 478
Pages: 469–470

Head Matter:
Victor Hugo RENOJ-ALDANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-72857.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 14, 2012.
Victor Hugo Renoj-Aldana, Sun City, CA, pro se.
Stefanie N. Hennes, Trial, 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: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, 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
Victor Hugo Renoj-Aldana, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application of asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 458 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's conclusion that Renoj-Aldana failed to establish past persecution arising from his mistreatment by guerrillas. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 482, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (refusal to join an organization does not amount to a political opinion). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Renoj-Aldana failed to establish an objectively reasonable well-founded fear of future persecution. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2002). Accordingly, Renoj-Aldana's asylum claim fails.
Renoj-Aldana's claim that the IJ failed to advise him concerning his payment of a voluntary departure bond is not supported by the record.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.