
    Francisco Ernesto REYES-VILLANOVA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
    No. 00-71455.
    INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 5, 2001 .
    Decided Nov. 14, 2001.
    
      Before BROWNING, KLEINFELD, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Francisco Ernesto Reyes-Villanova, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing the appeal of the immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction to review a final order of the BIA pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § llOSa(a), and we deny the petition.

We review the BIA’s factual findings, including whether a petitioner has demonstrated past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, for substantial evidence, and we uphold the BIA ruling unless the evidence compels a contrary result. See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000). Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that the threats against Reyes-Villanova do not amount to past persecution on account of political opinion, see Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir.2000), and that he does not have an objective fear of future persecution, see Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995). Accordingly, Reyes-Villanova failed to establish eligibility for asylum and therefore failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of deportation. See Pedro-Mateo, 224 F.3d at 1150.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     
      
      . Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”), deportation proceedings initiated prior to April 1, 1997, for which a final order of deportation is issued after October 30, 1996, are subject to the transitional rules. Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir. 1997). Because deportation proceedings were initiated against Reyes-Villanova on January 28, 1997, and a final order of deportation was issued on October 16, 2000, the transitional rules apply to his case.
     