Mostofa

MEMORANDUM **

Gulam Mostofa, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Mostofa’s application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), and review the IJ’s decision because his conclusions were adopted by the BIA. See Arulampalam v. Ashcroft, 353 F.3d 679, 680 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000) (“[T]he IJ’s determination that an alien is not eligible for asylum must be upheld if supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence in the record.”).

Aside from doubting Mostofa’s credibility, the IJ also concluded that Mostofa did not suffer past persecution. Substantial evidence supports this conclusion, as the record evidence of Mostofa’s injuries does not compel a finding of past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995) (“Although a reasonable factfinder could have found this incident sufficient to establish past persecution, we do not believe that a…