Sada

MEMORANDUM

Rezkalla Sada, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for 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, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that the discrimination Sada suffered in Syria and the two incidents where young men insulted and attacked him on account of his disability, even considered cumulatively, did not rise to the level of persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003); see also Padash v. INS, 358 F.3d 1161, 1166 (9th Cir.2004) (two unrelated fights based on family’s religion did not constitute past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Sada failed to establish a clear probability of future persecution. See Padash, 358 F.3d at 1166-67 ; see also Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1096 (9th Cir.2002) (when a petitioner has…