Case Name: Shazia Sharifa RAHIMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-01-06
Citations: 361 F. App'x 800
Docket Number: No. 07-73154
Parties: Shazia Sharifa RAHIMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 361
Pages: 800–801

Head Matter:
Shazia Sharifa RAHIMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73154.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 15, 2009.
Filed Jan. 6, 2010.
Patrick Ontiveros Cantor, Esquire, But-tar & Cantor, LLP, Tukwila, WA, for Petitioner.
Jason X. Hamilton, Esquire, OIL DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Esquire, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, 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
Shazia Sharifa Rahiman, a native and citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 n. 4 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of asylum because the December 1999 incident and other acts of harassment Rahiman experienced did not rise to the level of persecution, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244-45 (9th Cir.2000), and she did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution, see Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967-71 (9th Cir.1998) (recognizing that "[mjere generalized lawlessness and violence between diverse populations" without a particularized risk to the petitioner is generally insufficient to support a claim of asylum).
Because Rahiman failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief, because Ra-himan failed to establish that it is more likely than not she would be tortured if returned to Fiji. See El Himri v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 932, 938 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.