Kyosayan

ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed on September 24, 2008, 294 Fed.Appx. 358 , is withdrawn. A replacement memorandum disposition will be filed concurrently with this order.

Petitioner’s petition for panel rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc are denied as moot.

MEMORANDUM **

Ashot Kyosayan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s denial of relief. Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Kyosayan failed to demonstrate past persecution on account of a protected ground. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir. 1995) (minor abuse diming detention did not compel finding of past persecution); see also Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1044-45 (9th Cir.2004) (petitioner failed to meet his burden of proof…