Tjahjadin
Tjahjadin v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*328 MEMORANDUM ***
Imelda Tjahjadin, a native and citizen of Indonesia, claimed persecution on account of her Chinese ethnicity, her sex and her Buddhist religion. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) granted Tjahjadin’s application for asylum based on Indonesia’s history of discrimination and harassment of its ethnic Chinese. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) vacated and reversed the IJ, finding that Tjahjadin failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. The BIA also denied Tjahjadin’s later motion to reopen her case. Tjahjadin petitions for review of the BIA’s rulings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny Tjahjadin’s consolidated petitions for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Tjahjadin did not suffer past persecution on account of her Chinese ethnicity, sex or religion. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th Cir.2003); Gafoor v. INS, 231 F.3d 645, 650-51 (9th Cir.2000). Moreover, the evidence does not compel a finding that Tjahjadin has a well-founded fear of persecution. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir.1995). Although the evidence demonstrates that the ethnic…