Case Name: Hazem Abbas Mohamed ELSHARKAWI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-25
Citations: 312 F. App'x 956
Docket Number: No. 06-74959
Parties: Hazem Abbas Mohamed ELSHARKAWI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 312
Pages: 956–958

Head Matter:
Hazem Abbas Mohamed ELSHARKAWI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-74959.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 18, 2009.
Filed Feb. 25, 2009.
Saad Ahmad, Fremont, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of The District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Jamie M. .Dowd, Esq., Thomas Fatouros, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Hazem Abbas Mohamed Elsharkawi, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1178 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA affirmed the IJ's denial of El-sharkawi's asylum application as time-barred. Elsharkawi does not challenge this finding in his opening brief.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Elshar-kawi failed to establish that the detention and interrogation he suffered rose to the level of persecution. See Prasad, v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995) (no past persecution where the petitioner was arrested once, detained for four to six hours and beaten). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's finding that Elshar-kawi has not demonstrated a clear probability that he will be targeted for future persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2003). Therefore, Elsharkawi's withholding of removal claim fails.
Substantial evidence further supports the agency's decision that Elsharkawi failed to establish a CAT claim, because he failed to show that it was more likely than not that he would be tortured if he returned to Egypt. See Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (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. 363.