Wontas
Wontas v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Gretha Gretty Wontas and her husband, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , we review for substantial evidence, Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1139, 1143 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial record evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that the mistreatment Wontas suffered while living in Indonesia as a Seventh Day Adventist did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995) (holding that physical assault, brief detention, and attempted burglary did not rise to the level of persecution). Substantial record evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Wontas did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1181 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc) (showing of individualized risk requires more than a general undifferentiated claim of the type of fears common to the religious…