Nima Mobasser v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Nima Ali Mobasser, a native of Iran and citizen of Sweden, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and review the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny the petition for review.

First, Mobasser has failed to show that the agency was compelled to conclude that he suffered past persecution in Sweden. Mobasser experienced only one incident of physical violence in Sweden committed by private actors when he was a teenager, and that incident did “not compare to the severity of physical abuse that in other cases we have deemed persuasive to show persecution.” Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1017 (9th Cir.2003); see also Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019-21 (9th Cir.2006). Moreover, although “acts of violence committed against an applicant’s friends or family can establish a well-founded fear of persecution,” Nagoulko, 333 F.3d at 1017 , that Mobasser’s 11-year-old…