Uluwita

MEMORANDUM **

Priyantha Uluwita, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming an immigration judge’s order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and may reverse only if the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. Rostomian v. INS, 210 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir. 2000). We deny the petition.

Uluwita testified that he worked as a loan evaluation manager and that members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam threatened him with violence and beat him because they desired to secure loans for Tamil applicants. There is no evidence that Uluwita was perceived as having any particular political opinion, or that the people who assaulted Uluwita were motivated by anything other than financial interests. Consequently, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision that petitioner failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Molino-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1094-95 (9th…