Chand

MEMORANDUM **

Jiwan Chand, a native and a citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, affirming without opinion the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a). Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1 (e)(4)(ii) we review the IJ’s determinations as the final agency decision. We review the IJ’s determinations under a substantial evidence standard. See Andriasian v. INS, 180 *243 F.3d 1033, 1040 (9th Cir.1999). We deny Chand’s petition.

Severe economic disabilities can rise to the level of persecution. See Gonzalez v. INS, 82 F.3d 903, 910 (9th Cir.1996). Chand’s claimed economic disabilities do not. His testimony suggests only that he has had difficulty in obtaining a government job. Economic persecution requires something more. Compare Korablina v. INS, 158 F.3d 1038, 1045 (9th Cir.1998) (finding economic persecution where petitioner lost multiple jobs on account of antiSemitism and faced severe career obstacles) with Khourassany v. INS, 208 F.3d 1096, 1101 (9th Cir.2000) (finding no economic persecution where one…