Poon

Poon v. Gonzales

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203 F. App'x 146
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 18, 2006No. 05-72498California273 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Hon Wing Poon, a native and citizen of China, and his wife, Yin Loi Ho, a native of Hong Kong and citizen of China, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d *147 38 (1992), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision that petitioners failed to show a well-founded fear of future persecution. Because there is no evidence that petitioners would suffer a threat of future harm in Hong Kong, and the 2002 State Department Report on China and Hong Kong does not show that petitioners would be susceptible to any harm in Hong Kong, petitioners’ asylum claim fails. See Na-goulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir .2003).

Because petitioners failed to establish eligibility for asylum, they necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955,…

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