Frans Bunyamin v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Frans Bunyamin, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.

Bunyamin claims he suffered past persecution and established a clear probability of future persecution based on his membership in a disfavored group of Chinese Christians in Indonesia. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Bunyamin’s past mistreatment, including discrimination, harassment, being robbed while in school, and having stones thrown at his home in a threatening manner, did not rise to the level of persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir. 2009) (no showing of past persecution where Chinese Christian was harassed, threatened, discriminated against, wrongfully arrested, and beaten by a mob in Indonesia).

Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s determination that, under a disfavored…