NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUL 19 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
JAURAT SARDES SIANTURI; No. 08-72550
MORRYS HARTPO SIANTURI,
Agency Nos. A078-020-258
Petitioners, A095-629-991
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.
Jaurat Sardes Sianturi and Morrys Hartpo Sianturi, natives and citizens of
Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order
dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their
application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention
*
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).
Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d
1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny in part and grant in part the petition
for review, and we remand.
Petitioners do not challenge the agency’s dispositive finding that their
applications for asylum were untimely. Petitioners also do not challenge the
agency’s denial of CAT relief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-
60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed waived).
Accordingly, petitioners’ asylum claims fail.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the harassment and
beatings petitioners suffered, even considered cumulatively, did not rise to the
level of past persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.
2003). In assessing future fear, however, the agency did not have the benefit of our
opinions in Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2009), or Tampubolon v.
Holder, 610 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir. 2010). Accordingly, we grant the petition with
respect to petitioners’ withholding of removal claim and remand for the agency to
consider it under a disfavored group analysis. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16
(2002) (per curiam).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
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PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part.
REMANDED.
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