Case Name: Leyli SARGSYAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-09
Citations: 115 F. App'x 345
Docket Number: No. 03-73658
Parties: Leyli SARGSYAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 115
Pages: 345–346

Head Matter:
Leyli SARGSYAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-73658.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 6, 2004.
Decided Dec. 9, 2004.
Inna Lipkin, Law Office of Inna Lipkin, Redwood City, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, OIL, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leyli Sargsyan, a native of Georgia and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.
We conclude that substantial evidence supports the IJ's determination that Sargsyan failed to carry her burden of demonstrating either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution based on her Pentecostal religion or imputed political opinion. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003). The incidents Sargsyan described, although credible, did not rise to the level of persecution. See id. Accordingly, Sargsyan failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum.
Because Sargsyan failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960-61 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).
Sargsyan is also not entitled to CAT relief because she did not demonstrate that it is more likely than not that she would be tortured if returned to Armenia. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.