NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAY 18 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
ATE ARMAN, No. 07-71553
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-629-982
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted March 16, 2010 **
Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Ate Arman, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal and protection
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under
8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v.
Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Arman did not suffer
harm rising to the level of past persecution, and Arman cannot show that any harm
to his wife constituted “a pattern of persecution closely tied to” Arman himself.
See id. at 1060 (internal quotation omitted). Moreover, substantial evidence
supports the agency’s finding that Arman failed to establish a clear probability of
future persecution, because he was unable to demonstrate a sufficiently
individualized risk of harm based upon his or his wife’s experiences in Indonesia.
See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2003). Accordingly, we
deny the petition as to Arman’s withholding of removal claim.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Arman did not demonstrate that it is more likely than not he would be tortured by
government officials, or with their acquiescence, if returned to Indonesia. See
Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1067-68.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
2 07-71553
FILED
MAY 18 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge, dissenting: U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
I would grant the petition for review.