Gadyan

MEMORANDUM ***

Tigran Gadyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board *685 of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his applications 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, and may reverse only if the evidence compels such a result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 88 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s and BIA’s conclusion that Gadyan did not establish past persecution because the harassment and mistreatment that Gadyan experienced in Armenia did not rise to the level of persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995). We agree with the IJ’s conclusion that Gadyan’s medical records do not establish that there is any connection between his illnesses and the mistreatment that he suffered in Armenia.

Furthermore, because Gadyan has similarly-situated family members that have remained in Armenia without incident, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s…