Case Name: YAN CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-02-25
Citations: 367 F. App'x 837
Docket Number: No. 06-75191
Parties: YAN CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 367
Pages: 837–838

Head Matter:
YAN CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-75191.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed Feb. 25, 2010.
J. Jack Artz, Esq., Law Office of J. Jack Artz, Norwalk, 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, Manuel A. Palau, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Yan Chen, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Nagoullco v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that the family planning officials' attempts to arrest Chen for trying to marry while under the legal age did not establish past persecution, see id. at 1016, and she did not demonstrate an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution based on her opposition to China's family planning policies or her illegal departure from China, see id. at 1018; see also Li v. INS, 92 F.3d 985, 988 (9th Cir.1996) ("Criminal prosecution for illegal departure is generally not considered to be persecution."). Accordingly, Chen's asylum claim fails.
Because Chen did not establish eligibility for asylum, it necessarily follows that she did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.