
    Ricardo Ascanio FONSECA-LEIVA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICES, Respondent.
    No. 01-71055.
    INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Oct. 10, 2002.
    Decided Nov. 6, 2002.
    
      Before KLEINFELD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and QUACKENBUSH, District Judge.
    
      
       The Honorable Justin L. Quackenbush, Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Substantial evidence supports the Board of Immigration Appeals’ conclusion that Ricardo Ascanio Fonseca-Leiva (“Fonseca”) failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his membership in and activities on behalf of the Socialist Party. See Navas v. I.N.S., 217 F.3d 646, 654 (9th Cir.2000). Because Fonseca “failed to satisfy the lesser standard of proof required to establish eligibility for asylum, [he] necessarily failed to demonstrate eligibility for withholding of deportation.” Fisher v. I.N.S., 79 F.3d 955, 965 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (citation omitted).

PETITION DENIED. 
      
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