Xianzhong Li v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Xianzhong Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006). We deny the petition for review.

Li testified that the local police beat him and detained him for less than one day before he escaped through a window. The record does not compel the conclusion that the harm Li suffered rose to the level of persecution. See id. at 1019-20 (three-day detention, beating, and interrogation by Chinese police did not compel finding of past persecution); Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003) (harassment, threats, and one beating did not compel finding of past persecution). We reject Li’s contention that the BIA’s analysis of this issue was inadequate. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir.2010) (the BIA “does not have to write an exegesis on every…