Trintje Simanjuntak v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

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

The BIA found that Simanjuntak failed to challenge the IJ’s determination that Simanjuntak’s asylum claim was time-barred, and Simanjuntak does not raise any challenge to the BIA’s finding.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Simanjuntak failed to establish the incidents she suffered in Indonesia constitute past persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 977-79 (9th Cir.2009) (Christian Indonesian who had been beaten and threatened failed to establish past persecution); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.2009) (“being accosted by a threatening mob” while driving was discriminatory mistreatment but did not constitute past persecution).

Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s…