Case Name: Zongbing WEI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-18
Citations: 132 F. App'x 144
Docket Number: No. 03-72590
Parties: Zongbing WEI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 132
Pages: 144–144

Head Matter:
Zongbing WEI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-72590.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 12, 2005.
Decided May 18, 2005.
Charles J. Kinnunen, Esq., Hagatna, GU, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region, Laguna Niguel, CA, District Director, Hagatna, GU, Donald E. Keener, Esq., Francis W. Fraser, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: D.W. NELSON, KOZINSKI and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States. See 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
1. Substantial evidence supported the immigration judge's determination that petitioner was not credible, and that petitioner thus failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1254 (9th Cir.2003).
2. Petitioner did not exhaust before the Board of Immigration Appeals his claim that the immigration judge abused her discretion by holding in the alternative that, even if credible, petitioner would be denied relief as a matter of discretion. We therefore lack jurisdiction to consider the claim. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1).
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.