Runtu

Runtu v. Mukasey

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291 F. App'x 849
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 10, 2008No. 05-71913California301 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*850 MEMORANDUM **

Michael Runtu, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming 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, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the harm Runtu suffered did not rise to the level of past persecution. See id. at 1016-17 (concluding that petitioner did not suffer past persecution, although she was pushed, teased, bothered, discriminated against and harassed, because she never suffered any significant physical violence). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Runtu failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution even as a member of a disfavored group because Runtu did not demonstrate the requisite level of individualized risk. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004). The evidence does not compel the conclusion that there is a pattern or…

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