Widjaja v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM***

Emilia Suzana Widjaja, an ethnically Chinese Christian and native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the conclusion that Widjaja did not suffer past persecution in Indonesia. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995). Substantial evidence also supports the finding that Widjaja failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, because she failed to show the “comparatively low” individualized risk required by Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927 (9th Cir.2004).

Moreover, Widjaja failed to establish that ethnic Chinese Christians in Indonesia are subject to the systematic mistreatment that is required to demonstrate a “pattern or practice” of persecution. See Kotasz v. INS, 31 F.3d 847, 852-53 (9th Cir.1994); 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(2)(iii).

Because Widjaja failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to establish eligibility for withholding of removal. See Hakeem, 273 F.3d at 816-17.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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