Dahmah

MEMORANDUM **

Bassam Dahmah, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th Cir.1997), and deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that the mistreatment Dahmah suffered was not on account of a protected ground. Dahmah testified that his business was destroyed by fire, that his father was beaten while in police custody, that he was pulled from his car and beaten and that he was detained and beaten when he complained to the police about the attack. Nothing in the record, however, compels the conclusion that Dahmah was mistreated because of his religious beliefs. See Tecun-Florian v. INS, 207 F.3d 1107, 1109-10 (9th Cir.2000).

*668 Because Dahmah failed to demonstrate that he was eligible for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of…