Zhang Hengyu v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Zhang Hengyu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals sum *625 marily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“U”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

‘Where, as here, the BIA reviews de novo the IJ’s decision, our review is limited to the decision of the BIA.” See Garcia-Quintero v. Gonzales, 455 F.3d 1006, 1011 (9th Cir.2006). We review for substantial evidence, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition.

Because the incidents that Hengyu described did not rise to the level of persecution and because several of the incidents were not on account of a protected ground, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Hengyu did not suffer past persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003); see also Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1488-91 (9th Cir.1997). In addition, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Hengyu failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution because his fear of future…