Guale

MEMORANDUM **

Dereje Guale, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal and his request for voluntary departure. We review the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of *687 removal for substantial evidence. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1109, 1111 (9th Cir.2002). We will reverse the BIA’s decision only if the petitioner’s evidence is “so compelling” that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find evidence of past persecution or a fear of future persecution. Singh, 301 F.3d at 1111 (citing INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992)). We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of Guale’s request for voluntary departure. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(f) (2003); Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003). Because we find that the BIA’s dismissal of Guale’s asylum and withholding of removal claims was supported by substantial evidence, and because we lack jurisdiction to review Guale’s request for voluntary departure, we deny Guale’s petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision that Guale…