FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 14 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JONNY TAMBAYONG, No. 08-70470
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-629-970
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 5, 2011 **
Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Jonny Tambayong, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our
*
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 is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence
factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009). We
deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Tambayong does not challenge the agency’s dispositive finding that his
asylum application is time-barred or the agency’s denial of CAT relief. See
Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not
specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Thus, we
deny the petition as to his asylum and CAT claims.
We lack jurisdiction to review Tambayong’s contention that there is a
pattern or practice of persecution against Christians in Indonesia because he failed
to raise this issue to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.
2004) (no jurisdiction over claims not presented below).
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that, assuming
Tambayong was credible, the incidents of mistreatment, including threats, that he
and his family experienced did not constitute persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS,
333 F.3d 1012, 1016-18 (9th Cir. 2003) (discrimination and harassment due to
petitioner’s religious beliefs did not compel finding of past persecution).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Tambayong failed to
establish a likelihood of future persecution because, even assuming Tambayong’s
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credibility and applying disfavored-group analysis, he did not establish sufficient
individualized risk. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir. 2004).
Accordingly, Tambayong’s withholding of removal claim fails.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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