Pieter Jayasaputra v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Pieter Eka Jayasaputra, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Jayasaputra’s past harm, considered cumulatively, did not rise to the level of persecution. See id. at 975-76 (applicant who was stripped, spat on, threatened, and denied medical attention as a child, wrongfully detained by police, and beaten by a mob did not establish past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s determination that Jayasaputra did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution because, even under a disfavored group analysis, he failed to show sufficient individualized risk of persecution. See id. at 977-79 . We reject Jayasaputra’s contention that the BIA…