Imad Fouad Zein v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IMAD FOUAD ZEIN,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 07-75036
Agency No. A077-302-547
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 19, 2010**
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Imad Fouad Zein, a native and citizen of Lebanon, 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, Zehatye v.
FILED
OCT 25 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and deny the petition for
review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Zein failed to
demonstrate that either the threatening phone calls he received from Hezbollah or
the attempted kidnaping of his son were on account of a protected ground. See INS
v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82 (1992); Tecun-Florian v. INS, 207 F.3d
1107, 1109 (9th Cir. 2000). The record also does not compel the conclusion that
the harassment Zein experienced by guards at checkpoints amounted to persecution
or demonstrated a clear probability of persecution. See Khourassany v. INS, 208
F.3d 1096, 1100-01 (9th Cir. 2000); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th
Cir. 2003). Accordingly, Zein’s withholding of removal claim fails. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1231(b)(3).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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