Jaswal

MEMORANDUM **

Sharanjit Jaswal, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the IJ’s order as the final agency decision. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). Reviewing for substantial evidence, see Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that any harm the police may have inflicted upon Jaswal was the result of a bona fide police investigation, see Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1044 (9th Cir.2004), and the alleged mistreatment he suffered at the hands of the Akali Dal (Badal) party was harassment and not persecution, see Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that teasing, discrimination and harassment do not amount to past persecution); Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003)…