Case Name: YANFENG GAO; Jinghua Wang, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-03-18
Citations: 598 F. App'x 542
Docket Number: No. 13-71037
Parties: YANFENG GAO; Jinghua Wang, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 598
Pages: 542–543

Head Matter:
YANFENG GAO; Jinghua Wang, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-71037.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2015.
Filed March 18, 2015.
William Joseph Marvin, Esquire, Law Huang International Ltd., Las Vegas, NV, for Petitioners.
Nancy Canter, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, 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
Yanfeng Gao and Jinghua Wang, natives and citizens of China, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their, 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, and review de novo claims of due process violations. Singh v. Holder, 638 F.3d 1264, 1268-69 (9th Cir.2011). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Petitioners concede that they did not suffer past persecution, but fear future persecution based on Gao's joining a Shouter's church while in the United States. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Gao failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003) (possibility of future persecution too speculative).
Because petitioners failed to establish eligibility for asylum, they necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995).
We reject petitioners' contention that the BIA failed to adequately consider their arguments on appeal. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to demonstrate a due process claim). We lack jurisdiction to consider petitioners' assertions that the IJ exhibited bias and allowed an overly-aggressive cross-examination, because petitioners did not raise them to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (court lacks jurisdiction to consider issues that have not been administratively exhausted).
Finally, petitioners do not raise any arguments regarding the denial of CAT relief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.