Leny Andriani v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Leny Andriani, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substan tial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Andriani testified that her family’s store was looted and burned during the May 1998 riots, that she was robbed twice, and that her sister was robbed. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Andriani did not suffer harm rising to the level of past persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir.2009) (no past persecution where petitioner was stripped naked, spat on, detained for a couple of days, and beaten by a mob); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.2009) (no past persecution where petitioner was “beaten by youths and robbed of his sandals and pocket money” years before applying for asylum). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s…