Mbodji

MEMORANDUM **

Ibrahima Mbodji, a native and citizen of Senegal, petitions pro se for review of the *380 Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying, his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Mbodji claims that he will be persecuted upon return to Senegal because, while in the United States, he had sexual relations with non-Muslims, and fathered a child out-of-wedlock with a non-Muslim. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Mbodji’s testimony and the documentary evidence did not establish an objective basis for a well-founded fear of persecution in Senegal. Accordingly, Mbodji’s asylum claim fails. See Nagoulko, 333 F.3d at 1018 (petitioner’s fear of future persecution is not objectively reasonable).

Because Mbodji failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v.…