Case Name: HUIZHEN DONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-25
Citations: 497 F. App'x 132
Docket Number: No. 11-2399-ag
Parties: HUIZHEN DONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: REENARAGGI, RICHARD C. WESLEY, CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 497
Pages: 132–135

Head Matter:
HUIZHEN DONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-2399-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 25, 2012.
Gary J. Yerman, Esq., New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Daniel E. Goldman, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jonathan F. Potter, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: REENARAGGI, RICHARD C. WESLEY, CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Huizhen Dong, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a May 18, 2011 decision of the BIA affirming the June 3, 2010 decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Barbara A. Nelson, denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Huizhen Dong, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. May 18, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y.C. June 3, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we have reviewed both the decisions of the IJ and BIA "for the sake of completeness." Zaman v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 233, 237 (2d Cir.2008). The applicable standards of review are well established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir.2009).
1. Asylum
Dong first challenges the agency's decision that she failed to demonstrate that she filed for asylum within one year of her arrival to the United States. We lack jurisdiction to review this challenge, see 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3), except insofar as it raises constitutional claims or "questions of law," id. § 1252(a)(2)(D). Dong's argument that (1) her own testimony, (2) her passport stamp, and (3) her brother's testimony established her April 2008 arrival are factual challenges that we may not consider. See Jin Jin Long v. Holder, 620 F.3d 162, 165 n. 3 (2d Cir.2010).
To the extent Dong argues that the BIA erred as a matter of law in declining to consider a new translation of her passport stamp, we are not persuaded. The BIA is not permitted to consider new evidence on appeal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(3)(iv), and the agency thus did not err by "rejecting] th[is] evidence without consideration," De La Rosa v. Holder, 598 F.3d 103, 108 n. 2 (2d Cir.2010). Moreover, to the extent Dong further argues that the IJ erred as a matter of law in failing to consider the date of entry alleged by the government on Dong's initial Notice to Appear, see Dong Zhong Zheng v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 277, 285-86 (2d Cir.2009), Dong's failure to exhaust this issue before the BIA precludes us from reviewing it, see Foster v. INS, 376 F.3d 75, 77-78 (2d Cir.2004).
2. Withholding of Removal and CAT
We need not reach any of Dong's other arguments regarding the agency's denial of her asylum claim. However, insofar as Dong further challenges the agency's denial of her withholding of removal and CAT claims, we identify no error in the agency's conclusion that Dong failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution, let alone to meet the higher standards required to prevail on withholding of removal and CAT claims. See Lecaj v. Holder, 616 F.3d 111, 119-20 (2d Cir.2010).
The agency did not err in determining that Dong had not demonstrated a reasonable fear that the Chinese government would target her for persecution. Although Dong presented evidence that the leader of her church had suffered persecution, Dong presented no evidence that any ordinary members of her church had ever been harmed by the government in any manner. See Jian Xing Huang v. INS, 421 F.3d 125, 129 (2d Cir.2005) (stating that fear is not objectively reasonable if it lacks "solid support" in record and is merely "speculative at best"). Moreover, while the State Department's 2009 Religious Freedom Report demonstrated that Chinese authorities sought to limit proselytizing, the same report also indicated that such policies varied widely by region. In the absence of any evidence of such policies in Dong's native Fujian Province, the agency was not required to conclude that Dong had demonstrated an objectively reasonable fear of persecution. See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 167-68 (2d Cir.2007) ("Where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfin-der's choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
Finally, the agency reasonably concluded that Dong had not established a "systemic, pervasive, or organized" pattern of persecution of Christians in China. See Santoso v. Holder, 580 F.3d 110, 112 n. 1 (2d Cir.2009); Mufied v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 88, 91 (2d Cir.2007).
3.Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this peti tion is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).