Case Name: Eliseo Benjamin DE LEON-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-07
Citations: 382 F. App'x 578
Docket Number: No. 07-75120
Parties: Eliseo Benjamin DE LEON-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 382
Pages: 578–578

Head Matter:
Eliseo Benjamin DE LEON-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-75120.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 25, 2010.
Filed June 7, 2010.
Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Choi, Esquire, Law Offices of Jorge Rodriguez-Choi, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.
John Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, Channah Farber, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Jaesa McLin, Ri-guer Silva, LLC, Kenner, LA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Elíseo Benjamin De Leon-Maldonado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.
De Leon-Maldonado testified that he was not detained, physically harmed, or directly threatened by the guerillas. Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that he did not establish past persecution based on his membership in a civil defense patrol. See id. at 936. Substantial evidence also supports the agency's determination that De Leon-Maldonado failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution in light of changed country conditions following the 1996 peace accords, see Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 997-98 (9th Cir.2003), and because De Leon-Maldonado's similarly-situated father remains in Guatemala unharmed, see Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001).
Accordingly, De Leon-Maldonado's asylum claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.