FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 04 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DEBORA SHANTY SUDJANA, No. 08-73715
Petitioner, Agency No. A079-583-553
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 20, 2011 **
Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Debora Shanty Sudjana, 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 withholding of removal
and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
*
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 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Sangha v. INS, 103
F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th Cir. 1997), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the harassment and
discrimination Sudjana experienced in Indonesia did not rise to the level of
persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-18 (9th Cir. 2003). In
addition, the incidents her family and family’s babysitter experienced in Indonesia
while Sudjana was in the United States do not establish that she suffered past
persecution. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060 (9th Cir. 2009) (no past
persecution where harm to others was not a part of “a pattern of persecution closely
tied to” petitioner). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that
Sudjana failed to demonstrate a clear probability of future persecution because,
even as a member of a disfavored group, she did not establish sufficient
individualized risk, see Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2003),
and Sudjana’s similarly-situated family members have remained in Indonesia
without harm, see Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816-17 (9th Cir. 2001).
Accordingly, Sudjana’s withholding of removal claim fails.
Sudjana failed to challenge the agency’s denial of her CAT claim in her
opening brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.
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1996) (issues in the opening brief not supported by argument are deemed
abandoned).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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