Yong Fong Lo v. Mukasey

MEMORANDUM **

Yong Fong Lo and her husband, both natives of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration *520 judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Lo did not suffer past persecution on account of her Chinese ethnicity, because the mistreatment she suffered in Indonesia did not rise to the level of persecution. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967-69 (9th Cir.1998). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s conclusion that Lo failed to demonstrate a well founded fear of future persecution because, even as a member of a disfavored group in Indonesia, she has not demonstrated the requisite individualized risk of persecution. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, Lo’s asylum claim fails. We reject Lo’s contentions that the…