FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
OCT 25 2017
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
INGRID JUNITA THEODOREIS, No. 14-72614
Petitioner, Agency No. A097-854-100
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 5, 2017**
Pasadena, California
Before: GRABER, MURGUIA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner Ingrid Junita Theodoreis, a native and citizen of Indonesia,
challenges a final order of removal. Petitioner seeks relief premised on her
Christian religion and Chinese ethnicity. The Board of Immigration Appeals
("BIA") concluded that Petitioner, though credible, failed to carry her burden of
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for
decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
proof under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"). We have jurisdiction
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Sanjaa v. Sessions,
863 F.3d 1161, 1164 (9th Cir. 2017), we deny the petition.
1. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that the harm
suffered by Petitioner (name-calling, rock-throwing, and arson and looting of her
family’s house) did not rise to the level of past persecution as contemplated by the
INA. Substantial evidence also supports the determination that Petitioner failed to
establish a connection between the tragic murder of her brother and any targeting
that she experienced. Accordingly, the BIA permissibly denied the claim for
asylum.
2. With respect to withholding of removal, substantial evidence supports the
BIA’s determination that, although Petitioner subjectively fears persecution in the
future on account of her religion or ethnicity, her fear is not objectively well-
founded. For example, her remaining family members have continued to live in
Indonesia without harm or harassment for 15 years, and recent reports of country
conditions confirm improvements in Indonesia for ethnic Chinese and Christians.
Even assuming that Petitioner is a member of a disfavored group, see Halim v.
Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 979 (9th Cir. 2009), she has not demonstrated an
individualized risk of harm.
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3. Petitioner has waived any challenge to the denial of Convention Against
Torture relief by failing to include any argument on this issue in her opening brief.
See Mendoza v. Block, 27 F.3d 1357, 1363 (9th Cir. 1994) (stating waiver
principle).
Petition DENIED.
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