Opinion
No. 14-73613
08-05-2016
KRISHNA RAJ PRADHAN, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Agency No. A089-678-614 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Krishna Raj Pradhan, a native and citizen of Nepal, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency conclusion that Pradhan's experiences in Nepal, even considered cumulatively, did not rise to the level of persecution. See Gu v. Gonzalez, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019-21 (9th Cir. 2006); see also Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2003) ("Although [petitioner's] experiences are disturbing and regrettable, they do not evince actions so severe as to compel a finding of past persecution.") (emphasis added). Further, substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Pradhan failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be persecuted if returned to Nepal. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) (possibility of future persecution "too speculative"); see also Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir. 2001) ("applicant's claim of persecution upon return is weakened, even undercut, when similarly-situated family members continue to live in the country without incident"). Thus, Pradhan's withholding of removal claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.