FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 15 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
EDWAR TIGOR, No. 08-71022
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-630-007
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July12, 2011 **
Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Edwar Tigor, 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 relief 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 de novo questions of law and
review findings of fact for substantial evidence. Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d
1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the conclusion that changed circumstances do
not excuse Tigor’s untimely asylum application. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D); 8
C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4). Accordingly, Tigor’s asylum claim fails.
With respect to withholding of removal, the record does not compel the
conclusion that Tigor established past persecution, because the harassment and
discrimination he experienced in Indonesia due to his Christian faith did not rise to
the level of persecution. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.
2009) (rejecting claim that being beaten and robbed by youths and accosted in the
family car by a threatening mob compelled finding of past persecution); Hoxha v.
Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2003) (holding that unfulfilled threats and
a single incident of physical violence did not “evince actions so severe as to
compel a finding of past persecution”). The standard applied by the BIA in
evaluating past persecution is consistent with our law. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333
F.3d 1012, 1016-17 (9th Cir. 2003). Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s
determination that Tigor failed to establish a clear probability of future
persecution. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1066 (“[a]n applicant for withholding of
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removal will need to adduce a considerably larger quantum of individualized-risk
evidence to prevail”).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of Tigor’s CAT
claim because he failed to show it is more likely than not that he will be tortured at
the instigation of, or with the consent or acquiescence of, the Indonesian
government. See id. at 1067-68.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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