Sylviana Chandra v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Sylviana Chandra and her family, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their 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 factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Chandra failed to establish that several of the incidents she experienced in Indonesia were on account of a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 742 (9th Cir. 2009) (assailants’ reference to petitioner’s ethnicity did not compel the conclusion that ethnicity was a central motivating reason for the attack); Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967 (9th Cir.1998) (petitioner must establish mistreatment was targeted particularly toward her and occurred because of racial or religious animus). Further, substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that petitioners’ remaining experiences did…