
    Giorgiy A. KINOSYAN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-76233.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 5, 2007.
    
    Filed June 13, 2007.
    Manuel F. Rios, III, Esq., Rios Cantor, PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
    Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of the District Counsel, Susan M. Harrison, Esq., USSE—Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
    Before: LEAVY, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See 
        Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Giorgiy A. Kinosyan, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s and BIA’s decisions because Kinosyan failed to demonstrate that he suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, Kinosyan is not eligible for asylum.

Because Kinosyan failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See id. at 1180.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     