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XIAOJIAN ZHANG, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 04-76001.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 20, 2008.
    
    Filed May 27, 2008.
    Daniel K.Y. Fong, Law Offices of Daniel K.Y. Fong, Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
    CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Elizabeth A. Weishaupl, Esq., USDE-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Denver, CO, for Respondent.
    Before: PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Xiaojian Zhang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we grant the petition for review and remand.

Substantial evidence does not support the IJ’s conclusion that Zhang failed to establish past persecution on account of a protected ground. We conclude that the mistreatment Zhang suffered at the hands of the Chinese police compels a finding of past persecution. See Guo v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1194, 1203 (9th Cir.2004). Further, the record compels the conclusion that Zhang suffered persecution on account of his imputed political opinion. See Zhang v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 713, 720-21 (9th Cir.2004) (concluding that persecution is on account of imputed political opinion where a petitioner is accused of participating in anti-government activity).

Because we conclude that Zhang suffered past persecution, he is entitled to a rebuttable presumption of a well founded fear of future persecution. See Garcia-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 1066, 1077-78 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, we grant the petition for review and remand to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.