Octo Missa v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Octo Paulus Hendrik Missa and Selvi Amelia Missa, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the petitioners’ experiences in Indonesia do not rise to the level of past persecution. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019 (9th Cir.2006) (persecution is an “extreme concept [which] does not include every sort of treatment our society regards as offensive.”) (internal quotations omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s finding regarding future fear, because even under a disfavored group analysis, petitioners failed to show sufficient individualized risk to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 979 (9th Cir.2009). Thus, petitioners’ asylum claim…