Billy Ie v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Billy Leonardo Ie, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C, § 1252. Reviewing the BIA’s factual findings for substantial evidence, 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B); INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports 'the BIA’s decision that Ie failed to establish past persecution. The incidents to which Ie testified did not rise to the level of persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir.2009); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059 (9th Cir.2009). Furthermore, Ie failed to demonstrate that the Indonesian government could not or would not have helped him. See Rahimza-deh v. Holder, 613 F.3d 916, 920 (9th Cir.2010). Ie did not demonstrate that Indonesia’s “laws or customs effectively deprive[d] [him] of any meaningful recourse to governmental protection.” Id. at 921 . The only time that Ie did seek the police’s…