Sari Anggriani v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Nurmaida Sitorus and Vega Bella Inggrid, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their 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 substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, and we review de novo the agency’s legal determinations. Wakk ary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the incidents of harassment experienced by petitioners do not rise to the level of persecution, either individually or cumulatively. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir. 2009) (incidents suffered by ethnic Chinese petitioner in Indonesia, considered in the aggregate, did not amount to persecution); Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th Cir.2003) (record did not compel finding that Ukrainian Pentecostal Christian who was “teased, bothered, discriminated against and harassed” suffered past persecution). Further, even…