Chayimin

Chayimin v. Holder

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481 F. App'x 330
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 15, 2012No. 10-70423California394 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Charly Chayimin, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Chayimin failed to establish that the marketplace fire that destroyed his parents’ shop was deliberate or motivated by a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 742 (9th Cir.2009); Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967 (9th Cir.1998) (petitioner must establish mistreatment was targeted particularly towards him and occurred because of racial or religious animus). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Chayimin’s experiences in Indonesia, including harassment and beatings when he was a child, extortion of his parents, and a robbery of his mother, do not rise to the level of past…

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