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Harryanto Tjitra MOE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 12-70721.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 29, 2014.
    
    Filed Sept. 5, 2014.
    Gihan L. Thomas, Esquire, Law Offices of Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
    Aric Allan Anderson, Trial, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    
      Before: O’SCANNLAIN, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Harryanto Tjitra Moe (Moe) seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to dismiss his appeal from an order of the Immigration Judge (IJ), which denied his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

The BIA’s conclusion that Moe did not establish asylum eligibility is supported by substantial evidence. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42)(A) (defining “refugee”), 1158(b)(1) (requiring an asylum applicant to qualify as a “refugee”). We cannot say that a reasonable factfinder would be compelled to conclude that Moe’s experiences amount to past persecution. See, e.g., Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.2009).

Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s conclusion that Moe did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution because he failed to show that he has a sufficient individualized risk of being singled out for persecution. See Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1180-81 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc) (denying a petition for review where the applicant “provided nothing that suggests that her fears are distinct from those felt by all other ethnic Chinese ... in Indonesia”).

Moe has failed to establish eligibility for asylum, so he “also fails to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal.” Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026, 1033 n. 4 (9th Cir.2014), as amended (citation omitted).

Because Moe did “not specifically claim that officials of the Indonesian government engage in, or turn a blind eye, to the torture of ethnic Chinese, much less ... point to any evidence in the record that establishes such treatment,” the BIA’s decision to dismiss his appeal as- to CAT relief is also, supported by substantial evidence. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.18(a) (defining torture), 1208.16(c) (describing eligibility requirements under the CAT).

To prevail on his due process claim, Moe “must demonstrate error and substantial prejudice,” which he has failed to do. Gonzaga-Ortega v. Holder, 736 F.3d 795, 804 (9th Cir.2013), as amended (citation omitted).

PETITION DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Circuit Rule 36-3.