Danielyan

MEMORANDUM ****

Lead petitioner Artur Danielyan (“Dan-ielyan”), a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) finding him statutorily ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal. 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b), and we deny the petition for review.

Danielyan applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) relief. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) made an adverse credibility finding and held that Danielyan was ineligible for asylum because he assisted in the persecution of others. The IJ also found that Danielyan had failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on a protected ground. The IJ therefore denied all relief. Daniel-yan appealed the IJ’s decision to the BIA. The BIA declined to reach the merits of Danielyan’s asylum claims, and instead determined that Danielyan was statutorily ineligible for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b) (2) (A)(iii) and withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (b)(3)(B)(iii) because “there are serious reasons for believing that the alien has committed a serious…