Xin Du v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Xin Du, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence factual findings. Jiang v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1086, 1091 (9th Cir.2010). We grant the petition for review, and we remand.

In finding Du did not suffer past persecution, the BIA characterized his experience as involving only a “brief detention” and “single threat.” Substantial evidence does not support this finding because the BIA did not address the full extent of Du’s past harm, including the denial of a marriage license, the forced abortion, and the ban on further contact with his girlfriend. See Korablina v. INS, 158 F.3d 1038, 1044 (9th Cir.1998) (“[t]he key question is whether, looking at the cumulative effect of all the incidents a petitioner has suffered, the treatment [he] received rises to the level of persecution”); Kalubi v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1134, 1141 (9th Cir.2004) (finding BIA’s consideration of issue insufficient and…