Case Name: Cristobal De Jesus Alarcon GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-30
Citations: 540 F. App'x 721
Docket Number: No. 12-70526
Parties: Cristobal De Jesus Alarcon GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
Cristobal De Jesus Alarcon GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-70526.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2013.
Filed Sept. 30, 2013.
Cristobal De Jesus Alarcon Gonzalez, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
OIL, Aimee J. Carmichael, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, 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
Cristobal De Jesus Alarcon Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("LJ") 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. Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 998 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that, although Alarcon Gonzales established past persecution, the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution was rebutted by evidence of changed country conditions. The record shows the Guatemalan civil war ended in 1996, the civil patrol has been disbanded, and the IJ engaged in an individualized analysis of Alarcon Gonzalez's future fear based on the changed country conditions. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(l)(I); Popova v. INS, 273 F.3d 1251, 1259 (9th Cir.2001). Thus, Alarcon Gonzalez's asylum claim fails.
Because Alarcon Gonzales has not established eligibility for asylum, he necessarily cannot meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Alarcon Gonzales failed to establish that it is more likely than not he will be tortured if he returns to Guatemala. See id. at 1188.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.