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FILED
                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           SEP 30 2010

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUIS ERNESTO DIAZ-MORATAYA,                       No. 07-74314

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A029-671-279

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted September 13, 2010 **

Before:        SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

       Luis Ernesto Diaz-Morataya, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and his

application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
§ 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Wakkary

v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we review de novo due

process claims, Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005).

We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Diaz-

Morataya failed to establish past persecution, because the isolated threat and

harassment he suffered did not rise to the level of persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224

F.3d 929, 936-37 (9th Cir. 2000); see also Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012,

1016-17 (9th Cir. 2003) (teasing, discrimination and harassment do not amount to

past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s determination

that Diaz-Morataya failed to establish a well founded fear of future persecution,

because he did not demonstrate the requisite individualized risk. See Lolong v.

Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2007) (en banc). Accordingly, Diaz-

Morataya’s asylum claim fails.

      Diaz-Morataya contends the IJ applied the incorrect legal standard to his

cancellation of removal application by failing to consider all the relevant hardship

factors. The record belies this contention. Because the IJ applied the correct legal

standard, we lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s discretionary hardship

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determination. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 979-80 (9th Cir.

2009).

         Finally, Diaz-Morataya’s contention that the IJ incorrectly applied the legal

standard under Cabrera-Alvarez v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 1006, 1012 (9th Cir. 2005),

does not amount to a colorable claim over which we have jurisdiction. See

Martinez-Rosas, 424 F.3d at 930.

         PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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