Santoso

MEMORANDUM **

Kelik Teguh Iman Santoso, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The IJ found Santoso had not established past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a), and we deny the petition for review. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them here.

Santoso introduced evidence of harassment and discrimination on the basis of his sexual orientation, but those incidents did not rise to the level of persecution. Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir.1995). Therefore, Santoso did not demonstrate past persecution. Deloso v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 858, 863-64 (9th Cir.2005) (as amended). Moreover, Santoso did not introduce evidence that the government was unwilling or unable to control those who harassed him. Boer-Sedano v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1082, 1088 (9th Cir.2005).

Santoso also failed to demonstrate an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution.…