Sin Tjhin v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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577 F. App'x 720
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 5, 201410-72337California658 words

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Sin Tjhin, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that the harm suffered by Tjhin did not rise to the level of persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 976 (9th Cir.2009) (upholding the IJ’s conclusion that petitioner being beaten by a mob, stripped naked and spat upon during school, denied medical treatment and arrested and detained for a couple of days after police claimed they found drugs in the car he was riding in failed to rise to level of persecution); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.2009) (upholding the BIA’s determination that petitioner’s beating, robbery and confrontation with a threatening mob failed to rise to level of persecution); Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2003) (upholding the BIA’s finding that petitioner being beaten one time,…

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