Shikun Su v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Shikun Su, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

The IJ found that Su had firmly resettled in Peru because he lived there from 1994 until 2001. Su failed to challenge this dispositive finding before the BIA. Consequently, we lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s denial of asylum. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 930-31 (9th Cir. 2004) (holding that exhaustion requirement is jurisdictional and applies to “streamlined” cases).

With regard to the withholding of removal issue, the record does not compel the conclusion that Su provided credible testimony showing a “clear probability” that he will be persecuted upon returning to China. See INS v. Stevic, 467 U.S. 407, 424, 430 , 104 S.Ct. 2489 , 81 L.Ed.2d 321 (1984) (describing the standards for withholding of…