Khajiryan

MEMORANDUM **

Khajir Khajiryan, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Khajiryan did not demonstrate changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4 (a)(4), (5); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-58 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, Khajiryan’s asylum claim fails.

The record does not compel reversal of the IJ’s conclusion that the detention and interrogations Khajiryan suffered, and the beating Khajiryan’s son endured, did not constitute past persecution. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1020-21 (9th Cir.2006); see also Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1017 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that acts of violence against a petitioner’s family do not…