FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 14 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LASSAAD BENHASSINE, No. 06-70514
Petitioner, Agency No. A075-118-820
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 5, 2010 **
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Lassaad Benhassine, native and citizen of Tunisia, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s decision (“IJ”) denying his application for withholding of removal. We
*
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).
have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence,
Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 961 (9th Cir. 1996), we deny the petition for review.
Benhassine fears persecution in Tunisia on account of his refusal to shave
his beard. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s denial of withholding of removal
because the harm Benhassine fears he may suffer is too speculative and he does not
establish it is more likely than not he will be persecuted. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft,
319 F.3d 1179, 1185 (9th Cir. 2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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