Sahota

Sahota v. Gonzales

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171 F. App'x 82
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 14, 2006No. 04-74544California276 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Sukhdeep Singh Sahota, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241,1245 (9th Cir.2000), we deny the claims.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision that Sahota failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution based on being slapped, shoved and threatened in the course of his mother’s arrest, or his parents’ arrests. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995) (finding no past persecution or well-founded fear of future persecution where the petitioner was arrested, detained for four to six hours, beaten, and private citizens threw stones at his house and attempted to steal property).

Because Sahota failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960-61 (9th…

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