U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004

Ahmed v. Ashcroft

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 18, 2004

97 F. App'x 196

Counsel

Bashir Ahmed, Canoga Park, CA, pro se., CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

Bashir Ahmed, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the *197Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of his appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Singh v. INS, 340 F.3d 802, 806 (9th Cir. 2003), and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Ahmed did not suffer past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 1000 (9th Cir. 2003).

By failing to qualify for asylum, Ahmed necessarily fails to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir. 2003).

DENIED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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