Case Name: Toshiaki ITO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-09
Citations: 449 F. App'x 663
Docket Number: No. 07-71496
Parties: Toshiaki ITO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and SEEBORG, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 449
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
Toshiaki ITO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-71496.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 29, 2011.
Filed Sept. 9, 2011.
P. Joseph Sandoval, Esquire, Los Ange-les, CA, for Petitioner.
Shahrzad Baghai, OIL, Terri Jane Sca-dron, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and SEEBORG, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Richard Seeborg, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Toshiaki Ito, a native and citizen of Japan, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals sum marily affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Ito claims that he fears future persecution on account of his sexual orientation.
Petitioner has not established that he suffered any past persecution on that account, nor has he established any circumstances indicating that he would suffer future persecution if he returned. The record shows that the petitioner traveled back and forth between the United States and Japan several times in the years preceding his filing of his application, and the testimony of his own expert fails to establish persecution on account of homosexuality in Japan. Ito has not presented any evidence of severe harm that would rise to a level of persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179 (9th Cir.2003). For similar reasons, Ito did not show a likelihood that he would be tortured if returned to Japan.
Finally, Ito's assertion that the IJ did not properly consider and weigh all the evidence and testimony does not raise a colorable due process claim. Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005).
The petition for review is DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.