Erick O. Juarez-cardona, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent, 122 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Erick O. Juarez-Cardona, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for substantial evidence, see Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir. 1995), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA's determination that Juarez-Cardona failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution in Guatemala on account of his political opinion was supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992); see also Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1488-90 (9th Cir. 1997) (holding that alien must establish he held an affirmative political opinion, or that persecutors acted upon a political opinion which was attributed to him); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir. 1995) (holding that alien must establish particularized individual persecution based upon political opinion).

Because Juarez-Cardona failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, he also failed to satisfy the higher standard required for withholding of deportation. See id.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.