Zargaryan

MEMORANDUM

Melsik Danielyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence findings of fact, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Danielyan did not establish past persecution because the beating he experienced at the hands of the Armenian police and subsequent job loss did not rise to the level of persecution. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019-21 (9th Cir.2006); see also Khourassany v. INS, 208 F.3d 1096, 1100-01 (9th Cir.2000). Furthermore, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Danielyan failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Gu, 454 F.3d at 1021-22 .

Because Danielyan did not establish eligibility for asylum, it necessarily follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See…