Malty

MEMORANDUM **

Anis Shokri Salama-Malty, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for review of two Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decisions. Petition number 99-70298 seeks review of the BIA’s dismissal of his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision holding that he was ineligible for asylum and withholding of deportation. Petition number 00-71062 seeks review of the BIA’s denial of Petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration/Remand. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”) section 309(c), and we deny the petitions.

We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s finding that Salama-Malty did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, see Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995), and for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of Salama-Malty’s Motion for Reconsideration/Remand, see Konstantinova v. INS, 195 F.3d 528, 529 (9th Cir.1999).

Salama-Malty contends that substantial evidence does not support the BIA’s finding that he did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. Salama-Malty’s contention lacks merit because the evidence of…