Hailu

MEMORANDUM **

Terefe Hailu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (the “Convention”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

Hailu contends that the IJ erred by not giving sufficient weight to the documentary evidence Hailu submitted. However, a review of the record shows that the IJ properly provided “specific, cogent reason[s]” for assigning limited weight to Hailu’s documentary evidence, and that these reasons “bear a legitimate nexus” to that assignment. See Zahedi v. INS, 222 F.3d 1157, 1165 (9th Cir.2000). Moreover, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Hailu failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003).

Because Hailu failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily faded to…