Puspasari

Puspasari v. Holder

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483 F. App'x 370
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 20, 2012No. 10-73381California413 words

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Linneke Puspasari, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 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). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s past persecution finding, because Puspa-sari’s experiences in Indonesia, including the attack on her workplace during the May 1998 riots and the robbery of her purse in 2006, even considered cumulatively, do not rise to the level of persecution. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1059-60 (two beatings and robberies, and being accosted by a hostile mob did not compel a finding of past persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Puspasari, as an ethnic Chinese, Christian woman, failed to demonstrate sufficient individualized risk of harm under a disfavored group analysis to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. See Halim…

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