Alexcia

Alexcia v. Mukasey

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316 F. App'x 536
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 31, 2008No. 05-74007California331 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Simon Alexcia, native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his 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, reversing only if the evidence compels the result, INS v. Elias- *537 Zacarías, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 88 (1992), and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Alexcia failed to establish he had experienced past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir. 1995). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Alexcia failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution because, although he is a member of a disfavored group, he failed to demonstrate sufficient individualized risk of persecution. Cf Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 925-28 (9th Cir.2004). In addition, Alexcia introduced no evidence that ethnic Chinese Buddhists face a greater or more particularized threat of persecution…

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