Case Name: Karim Mehdi VIRANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-28
Citations: 324 F. App'x 639
Docket Number: No. 06-74319
Parties: Karim Mehdi VIRANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 324
Pages: 639–639

Head Matter:
Karim Mehdi VIRANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-74319.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 13, 2009.
Filed April 28, 2009.
Michael W. Schoenleber, Esquire, Scho-enleber & Waltermire, Sacramento, CA, for Petitioner.
Joshua E. Braunstein, Esquire, Siu P. Wong, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Karim Mehdi Virani, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that the threats and harassment Virani suffered on account of his religion as a Shi'a Muslim did not rise to the level of past persecution. See id. at 1016-17. In addition, Virani's fear of future persecution is undercut because his father has remained in Pakistan unharmed. See Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816-17 (9th Cir.2001). We lack jurisdiction to review Virani's contention that his fear of future persecution is based on a pattern and practice of persecution of Shi'a Muslims in Pakistan because he failed to exhaust this contention before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, Virani's asylum claim fails.
Because Virani 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).
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.