Luqman

MEMORANDUM **

Madyan Muflichun, his sister Nurul Fadjrjah Fibriarti, and her husband Muhamad Luqman, all natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The petitioners’ applications have been consolidated and Mr. Muflichun has been designated as the lead petitioner.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the IJ’s asylum eligibility determination for substantial evidence, Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), and review due process claims de novo, Lopez-Urenda v. Ashcroft, 345 F.3d 788, 791 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that the Petitioners did not demonstrate persecution on account of an enumerated ground. Petitioners base their claim on Muflichun’s testimony that he was attacked by militant Christians who stopped him on the street and asked if he was a militant Muslim before beating him so badly he had to be hospitalized. Because Muflichun never saw his…