Case Name: Michal SAOUD, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-30
Citations: 389 F. App'x 747
Docket Number: No. 08-70814
Parties: Michal SAOUD, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 747–748

Head Matter:
Michal SAOUD, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70814.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 19, 2010.
Filed July 30, 2010.
Bob Platt, Esquire, Law Office of Bob Platt, Granada Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, Richard M. Evans, Esquire, Assistant Director, Brooke Maurer, Trial, 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: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, 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
Michal Saoud, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's 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, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that changed circumstances excused Saoud's untimely filed asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-58 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, Saoud's asylum claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Saoud did not suffer past persecution on account of his Christian religion because Saoud's experiences with government employment in the 1970s constituted at most discrimination and harassment, see Halaim v. INS, 358 F.3d 1128, 1131-32 (9th Cir.2004), and Saoud did not establish that the isolated attack on his wife in 1986 constituted persecution, see Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's conclusion that Saoud did not demonstrate a clear probability of future persecution. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2002) (when a petitioner has not established past persecution, the agency may "rely on all relevant evidence in the record, including a State Department report, in considering whether the petitioner has demonstrated that there is good reason to fear future persecution."). Accordingly, Saoud did not establish eligibility for withholding of removal. •
Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Saoud failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to Syria. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir.2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.