Rahiman

MEMORANDUM

Shazia Sharifa Rahiman, a native and citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her 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, Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179 , 1182 n. 4 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of asylum because the December 1999 incident and other acts of harassment Rahiman experienced did not rise to the level of persecution, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244-45 (9th Cir.2000), and she did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution, see Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967-71 (9th Cir.1998) (recognizing that “[mjere generalized lawlessness and violence between diverse populations” without a particularized risk to the petitioner is generally insufficient to support a claim of asylum).

Because Rahiman failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal.…