MEMORANDUM **

Petitioners Arturo Hernandezr-Ordaz and Tomasa L. Terrazas-Trujillo, natives and citizens of Mexico, appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum. Petitioners contend that the BIA erred in ruling that the harm suffered by Mr. Hernandez-Ordaz was not inflicted, at least in part, on account of political opinion. Because the record does not compel the opposite conclusion, we must affirm. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).

The BIA and IJ properly concluded that Mr. Hernandez-Ordaz failed to establish that he was persecuted on account of political opinion, as required by 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(1), where he was attacked by a neighbor after recovering stolen building materials pursuant to his duties as neighborhood block captain.

Contrary to petitioner’s argument that he qualifies as a whistleblower under our holding in Grava v. INS, 205 F.3d 1177 (9th Cir. 2000), the record is devoid of any evidence demonstrating that petitioner’s actions in reporting both the theft and his subsequent beating to the police were an attempt to expose government corruption, rather than merely reporting the actions of a corrupt individual. See id. at 1181. Thus, petitioner has failed to meet his burden under 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(1).

The petition for review is DENIED.