NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 14 2020 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM MARDOQUEO GONZALEZ, No. 14-72442 Petitioner, Agency No. A092-402-538 v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted February 11, 2020** Pasadena, California Before: BERZON, R. NELSON, and LEE, Circuit Judges. Petitioner William Gonzalez seeks review of an Immigration Judge’s negative reasonable fear determination. We deny the petition. This court has jurisdiction to review “[a]n IJ’s negative determination regarding the alien’s reasonable fear” under 8 C.F.R. § 208.31(g)(1). Andrade- * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Garcia v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir. 2016). We review the IJ’s determination that the alien did not establish a reasonable fear of persecution or torture for substantial evidence. Id. “[W]e must uphold the IJ’s conclusion . . . unless, based on the evidence, ‘any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’” Id. (quoting Ai Jun Zhi v. Holder, 751 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir. 2014)). “We review claims of constitutional violations de novo.” Lanuza v. Holder, 597 F.3d 970, 972 (9th Cir. 2010). 1. Gonzalez’s petition for review was timely. See Ayala v. Sessions, 855 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2017); Martinez v. Sessions, 873 F.3d 655 (9th Cir. 2017). The petition is timely because it was filed within thirty days of the BIA’s final order. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1). 2. We deny the petition because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Gonzalez’s fear of future persecution is not reasonable. Although Gonzalez did face serious threats when he fled El Salvador, he offered only speculation that the people who threatened him in 1980 are alive, in any position to harm him, or still interested in carrying out their threats. There is substantial evidence supporting the IJ’s conclusion that circumstances have changed significantly since Gonzalez’s past persecution. Gonzalez testified that he felt threatened by his encounter with a Salvadorian official in 2005, but “vague threats . . . do not compel a finding of clear probability of future persecution.” Tamang v. 2 Holder, 598 F.3d 1083, 1094–95 (9th Cir. 2010). 3. Gonzalez has not established a due process violation based on the IJ’s refusal of his request to supplement his testimony. He has not demonstrated that the reasonable fear hearing before the IJ was fundamentally unfair and prejudicial. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 620–21 (9th Cir. 2006). He gave complete and unimpeded testimony on direct examination by his attorney. Gonzalez’s attorney then confirmed she had no further questions and the government declined to cross examine Gonzalez. Only after the IJ issued an oral ruling did Gonzalez ask to “add something that I’ve heard about the MS [gang.]” Gonzalez ...
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