Rusev

MEMORANDUM ***

Rosen Alexandrov Rusev and Galina Yordanova Ruseva, both natives and citi *317 zens of Bulgaria, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) August 13, 2003 final order of removal affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s denial of Mr. Rusev’s application for asylum and withholding of removal. Because the BIA streamlined and affirmed the IJ’s decision without opinion, we review the decision of the IJ. Lanza v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 917, 924 (9th Cir.2004). Our review of the IJ’s decision is for substantial evidence and we will grant relief only if the evidence compels such a result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We dismiss in part and deny in part Rusev’s petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Rusev failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of his political opinion. See Elias-Zacarias v. INS, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). The IJ found that there is no objective basis for Rusev’s professed fear of persecution nor any nexus to any of the five grounds necessary to establish eligibility…