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No. 09-1740
JINGZHE CUI,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
Submitted:
January 7, 2010
Decided:
February 2, 2010
PER CURIAM:
Jingzhe
Republic
of
China
Cui,
who
a
is
native
of
and
Korean
citizen
of
ethnicity,
the
Peoples
petitions
for
applications
for
asylum,
withholding
from
removal
and
We
INA
authorizes
the
Attorney
General
to
confer
It defines a
because
persecution
on
of
persecution
account
of
or
race,
well-founded
religion,
fear
of
nationality,
or
threat
of
death,
torture,
or
injury
to
ones
country
on
account
of
a
2
protected
ground.
C.F.R.
1208.13(b)(1) (2009).
alien
can
establish
well-founded
fear
of
persecution
on
protected ground.
Cir.
well-founded
2004).
The
fear
standard
contains
both
person
in
Gandziami-Mickhou
2006).
The
v.
like
Gonzales,
subjective
presentation
of
demonstrating
circumstances
component
candid,
genuine
445
credible,
fear
of
to
fear
F.3d
351,
can
be
and
persecution.
353
met
(4th
through
sincere
persecution
Cir.
the
testimony
.
The
176
(internal
Furthermore,
the
quotation
alien
must
marks
and
show
that
citations
his
omitted).
claim
of
past
ground
for
the
that
was
or
will
persecution.
be
at
U.S.C.
least
one
central
1158(b)(1)(B)(i)
(2006).
A
determination
regarding
eligibility
for
asylum
or
INS v. Elias-
Administrative findings of
of
the
INA
and
any
attendant
regulations.
will
reverse
the
Board
only
if
the
This
evidence
to
find
the
requisite
fear
of
persecution.
Elias-
Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 483-84; see Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 325
n.14 (4th Cir. 2002).
When
the
Board
agrees
with
the
immigration
judges
Niang v. Gonzales,
find
substantial
evidence
supports
the
Boards
finding that Cui did not show that his detention and beating or
the issuance of a summons for his arrest were due to anything
more than the charge that he violated a legitimate Chinese law
prohibiting
persons
from
harboring
for
detention
We
further
or
persons
crossed
the
prosecution
agree
who
with
the
because
Board
of
that
protected
the
Ninth
(2009).
Accordingly,
dispense
with
oral
we
deny
argument
the
petition
because
the
for
facts
review.
and
We
legal
PETITION DENIED