Eliseo Benjamin DE LEON-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent, 382 F. App'x 578

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.