Kulwinder Kumar, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service,, 131 F.3d 147 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Kulwinder Kumar, a native and citizen of India, petitions pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition.

We conclude that substantial evidence supports the BIA's adverse credibility finding. See de Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391, 393-94 (9th Cir. 1997). Even if Kumar had established his credibility, substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Kumar failed to establish his eligibility for asylum. See Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir. 1995). Although Kumar's testimony may have established that he has a subjective fear of persecution if returned to India, see Cuadras v. INS, 910 F.2d 567, 571 (9th Cir. 1990), he adduced no evidence to support an objectively reasonable well-founded fear of persecution, see Rodriguez-Rivera v. INS, 848 F.2d 998, 1002 (9th Cir. 1988) (per curiam)¹ 

Accordingly, we conclude that no reasonable factfinder would be compelled to conclude that Kumar possessed a well-founded fear of persecution. See Kazlauskas v. INS, 46 F.3d 902, 905 (9th Cir. 1995). Because the standard for withholding of deportation is higher than the standard for asylum, the BIA properly denied withholding of deportation. See Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1062 (9th Cir. 1993).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.