Inamonica

Inamonica v. Ashcroft

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114 F. App'x 877
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 10, 2004No. 03-70300; Agency No. A79-544-410California342 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Inamonica Inamonica is a 27-year-old native and citizen of Indonesia. She is an ethnically Chinese Christian. Inamonica petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). *878 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that the harm Inamonica suffered did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s finding that Inamonica failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution because she failed to show the “comparatively low” individualized risk required by Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927 (9th Cir.2004).

Because petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily fails to meet the requirements for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245,…

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