FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 14 2011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
KIM LIAN BONG, No. 08-73137
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-199-814
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 12, 2011 **
Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Kim Lian Bong, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s
(“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal.
Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
*
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).
evidence, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184–85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we
deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Bong’s experiences in
Indonesia did not rise to the level of persecution. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d
1049, 1059–60 (9th Cir. 2009) (being beaten by youths, robbed of sandals and
pocket money, and accosted by a threatening mob did not compel a past
persecution finding). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s conclusion that
Bong, a Chinese Christian, failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution
even under the “disfavored group” analysis. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922,
925 (9th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to Bong’s asylum claim.
Because Bong failed to show eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to
show eligibility for withholding of removal, which is governed by a more stringent
standard of proof. See Zehatye, 453 F.3d at 1190.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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