Yeranyan

MEMORANDUM **

Ashot Yeranyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affir-mance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence a denial of asylum and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 992-93 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition.

Yeranyan testified as to several isolated incidents where individuals harassed or discriminated against him based on his mixed-ethnicity. The IJ properly concluded that the events, as Yeranyan described them, did not rise to the level of persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995).

Because the evidence does not compel the conclusion that Yeranyan was persecuted or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of an enumerated ground, the IJ’s determination that he failed to establish eligibility for asylum is supported by substantial evidence. See Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1061-62 (9th Cir.1993). It…