Case Name: DONG YU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-12
Citations: 485 F. App'x 250
Docket Number: No. 10-72380
Parties: DONG YU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 250–251

Head Matter:
DONG YU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72380.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 12, 2012.
Dong Yu, San Gabriel, CA, pro se.
Derek C. Julius, Oil, Katherine Ann Smith, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, 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
Dong Yu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, applying the new standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the Real ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Even if credible, substantial evidence supports the BIA's conclusion that Yu failed to establish the harm he suffered or will suffer if he returns to China was or would be on account of his political opinion. See Kozulin v. INS, 218 F.3d 1112, 1115-17 (9th Cir.2000) (evidence did not compel conclusion that beating of Russian anticommunist, shortly after he reported misconduct of his ship captain, was on account of political opinion). Accordingly, in the absence of a nexus, his asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir.2005).
Substantial evidence also supports the BIA's conclusion that Yu has not established it is more likely than not he will be tortured upon return to China. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1068 (9th Cir.2009). Accordingly, his CAT claim fails.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Yu's due process challenge, his claim based on Christianity, and his claim based on involuntary sterilization because he did not exhaust these claims before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.