Huang
Huang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Weiyao Huang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“LJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) §§ 208(a) and 243(h), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review the BIA’s decision under the substantial evidence standard. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We review Petitioner’s claims of due process violations de novo, Perez-Lastor v. INS, 208 F.3d 773, 778 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition.
Persecution is an “extreme concept” that includes the “ ‘infliction of suffering or harm.’ ” Korablina v. INS, 158 F.3d 1038, 1043-44 (9th Cir.1998) (citation omitted); Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th Cir.1997); Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir.1995) (explaining that persecution is “ ‘an extreme concept that does not include every sort of treatment our society regards as offensive’ ” (citation omitted)).