Aida AVETISYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent, 356 F. App'x 924

MEMORANDUM Aida Avetisyan, a native of the former Soviet Union and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that even if Avetisyan were credible, she failed to establish past persecution because she did not demonstrate that the sexual harassment and assaults she experienced were on account of a protected ground, see id. at 1051-52, and she did not meet her burden of demonstrating a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground if returned to Armenia, see Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 962-63 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).

Because Avetisyan failed to establish asylum eligibility, it necessarily follows that she did not meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See id. at 965. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.