Khachatryan
Khachatryan v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Zaven Khachatryan, a native of Iran and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration *800 Appeals (“BIA”) that summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) 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 . We review for substantial evidence, Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
We conclude that substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Kha-chatryan failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. The IJ found that Khachatryan failed to establish that native Armenians, local police, and government officials victimized him on account of his national origin, and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. See id. at 1177 ; Kozulin v. INS, 218 F.3d 1112, 1115-17 (9th Cir.2000).
Because Khachatryan failed to meet his burden for asylum, he necessarily did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Gormley, 364 F.3d at 1180 .