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Favaz UR-REHMAN, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS, III, U. S. Attorney General, Respondent
    No. 16-60770 Summary Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Filed November 6, 2017
    Leah Spivey, Ware Immigration, Me-tairie, LA, for Petitioner
    Elizabeth Karen Fitzgerald-Sambou, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent
    Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Favaz Ur-Rehman petitions for review of the dismissal of his appeal by the Board' of Immigration Appeals (BIA) following the denial by the Immigration Judge of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We review the denial of relief for substantial evidence. Tamara-Gomez v. Gonzales, 447 F.3d 343, 347 (5th Cir. 2006).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Ur-Rehman was not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal. The record does not compel the conclusion that the harm he suffered, the destruction of his business and threats to harm him and his family, amounted to persecution. See Tamara-Gomez, 447 F.3d at 347-48; Eduard v. Ashcroft, 379 F.3d 182, 187 (5th Cir. 2004). The record also does not compel the conclusion that he has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a protected ground because he previously engaged in conduct that the Taliban perceived to be anti-Islamic. See Orellana-Monson v. Holder, 685 F.3d 511, 518 (5th Cir. 2012); Tamara-Gomez, 447 F.3d at 347-49; Zhao v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 295, 307 (5th Cir. 2005). We do not consider his alternative argument that he established a pattern or practice of persecution of similarly situated persons and his inclusion in and identification with that group, see Zhao, 404 F.3d at 307, because this portion of his brief fails to meaningfully comply with the appellate briefing requirements, see Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8)(A). We lack jurisdiction to consider Ur-Rehman’s unex-hausted argument that the BIA erred in failing to actually decide whether he is a member of a particular social group; in any event, the BIA’s determination to assume that he is for the sake of argument inured to Ur-Rehman’s benefit. See Omari v. Holder, 562 F.3d 314, 319-21 (5th Cir. 2009).

Ur-Rehman again fails to comply with the appellate briefing requirements in the portion of his brief regarding the denial of CAT relief. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8)(A). Moreover, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Ur-Rehman failed to establish that he will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the Pakistan Gov-ernraent. See Tamara-Gomez, 447 F.3d at 347, 350-51.

Ur-Rehman’s petition for review is DENIED in part and DISMISSED in part for lack of jurisdiction. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.