FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 19 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LYCA OCTAVIANNE MANEMBU, No. 07-74151
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-408-012
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 10, 2011 **
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Lyca Octavianne Manembu, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have
*
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).
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Wakkary
v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for
review.
Even if Manembu timely filed her asylum application, substantial evidence
supports the agency’s conclusion that her experiences in Indonesia during the 1998
riots did not rise to the level of persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971,
975-76 (9th Cir. 2009). Additionally, the record does not compel reversal of the
agency’s conclusion that Manembu failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of
future persecution because, even as a member of a disfavored group of Indonesian
Christians, she did not show that her fear was objectively reasonable. See Lolong
v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1179-81 (9th Cir. 2007) (objective well-founded fear
not established because applicant made a general, undifferentiated claim).
Because Manembu has not met the standard for asylum, she necessarily
cannot meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye
v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief
because Manembu failed to establish it is more likely than not she would be
tortured if returned to Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1068.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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