Case Name: XIAOGUANG 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: 2014-01-23
Citations: 552 F. App'x 762
Docket Number: No. 12-70472
Parties: XIAOGUANG YU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 552
Pages: 762–763

Head Matter:
XIAOGUANG YU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-70472.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 21, 2014.
Filed Jan. 23, 2014.
Anders Laird Johnson, Trial, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, John M. McAdams, Jr., DOJ-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: CANBY, SILVERMAN, 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
Xiaoguang Yu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Even if Yu was credible, the record does not compel the conclusion that his experiences in China rose to the level of past persecution. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir.2004); Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1020-21 (9th Cir.2006) (detention, beating, and interrogation did not compel finding of past persecution). The record does not support Yu's contention that the IJ ignored some of his past experiences. Further, substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Yu failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution in China. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000) (continued presence of applicant in home country undermined fear); see also Lin v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1093, 1097 (9th Cir.2010) (per curiam) ("Ordinary prosecution . is not persecution 'on account of a protected ground."). Consequently, Yu's asylum claim fails.
Because Yu failed to establish eligibility for asylum, his withholding of removal claim necessarily fails. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of Yu's CAT claim because Yu failed to demonstrate it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official in China. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.