Jinjolia

MEMORANDUM *

Tamaz Jinjolia, a Jewish native of Georgia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Because the BIA affirmed without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision. Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). The facts are known to the parties and are not repeated here.

*605 The IJ determined Jinjolia to be credible but found him ineligible for asylum because he had established neither past persecution nor a well-founded fear of future persecution. 1 We review the IJ’s findings for substantial evidence. Singh v. Ashcroft, 301 F.3d 1109, 1111 (9th Cir.2002).

As proof of past persecution, Jinjolia describes the discrimination and mistreatment suffered at the hands of native Georgians throughout his life because he is Jewish. Persecution, however, “is an extreme concept [that] does not include every sort of treatment that our society regards as offensive.” Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)…