Youfu Qin v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Youfu Qin, 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 for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that, even if credible, Qin failed to establish his experiences in China constituted past persecution on account of “other resistance” to China’s coercive population control policy. See He v. Holder, 749 F.3d 792, 795-96 (9th Cir.2014). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s finding that Qin failed to demonstrate an objectively reasonable well-founded fear of future persecution in China. See Gu, 454 F.3d at 1022 (even considering continuing interest in petitioner, record did not compel the finding that petitioner established a well-founded fear of persecution); see also Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of persecution too speculative). We reject Qin’s…