Gunawan

Gunawan v. Holder

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457 F. App'x 649
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 2, 201105-77432California451 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Henry Hendarsin Gunawan, 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 denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

We have jurisdiction to review this petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence and its legal determinations de novo. See, e.g., Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny Gunawan’s petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Gunawan’s past experiences in Indonesia, taken cumulatively, do not rise to the level of persecution. See id. at 1060 (holding that, although Wakkary had been beaten and robbed on two occasions and accosted by a hostile mob, the evidence did not compel a conclusion of past persecution); see also Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir.2009) (noting that incidents which included being forced to strip naked by students and being beaten by a mob of anti-Chinese rioters, along with other examples of mistreatment, did not compel a finding of…

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