Case Name: Joni Jirjis FATOHI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-03-25
Citations: 271 F. App'x 621
Docket Number: No. 06-70260
Parties: Joni Jirjis FATOHI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 271
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
Joni Jirjis FATOHI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-70260.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 18, 2008.
Filed March 25, 2008.
Jorge I. Rodriguez-Choi, Esq., San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Mark C. Walters, Esq., Mary Jane Can-daux, Esq., Margot L. Nadel, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Of-fiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, T.G. NELSON, 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
Joni Jirjis Fatohi, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Arteaga v. Mulcasey, 511 F.3d 940, 942 n. 1 (9th Cir.2007). We review the BIA's factual findings for substantial evidence, Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir. 1995), and deny the petition for review.
The BIA determined that the harm feared by Fatohi may constitute discrimination and harassment, but not persecution and the record does not compel a reversal. See id. Because Fatohi does not contend that he suffered past persecution, and failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution, he does not qualify for asylum. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b); see also Limsico v. INS, 951 F.2d 210, 212 (9th Cir.1991).
Because Fatohi failed to satisfy the lower standard of proof for asylum, he necessarily fails to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.