Case Name: Mohammed Nazem HULEHIL, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-16
Citations: 130 F. App'x 932
Docket Number: No. 04-72153
Parties: Mohammed Nazem HULEHIL, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 130
Pages: 932–933

Head Matter:
Mohammed Nazem HULEHIL, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72153.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 9, 2005.
Decided May 16, 2005.
Mohammed Nazem Hulehil, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
NVL-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Las Vegas, NV, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Emily A. Radford, Esq., Blair T. O’Connor, Esq., DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Mohammed Nazem Hulehil, a native and citizen of Israel, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (the "Convention"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.
Hulehil contends that the IJ erred in finding him ineligible for asylum. We disagree. Substantial evidence supports the IJ's conclusion that Hulehil failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir.2004); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995).
Because Hulehil failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).
Substantial evidence also supports the IJ's conclusion that Hulehil is not entitled to relief under the Convention because he failed to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to Israel. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003).
Hulehil contends for the first time on petition for review that the IJ erred in failing to inform Hulehil, as a pro se petitioner, of all the remedies available to him. Because Hulehil never raised this issue before the BIA, he has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies and we do not have jurisdiction to consider it here. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION 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.