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i r m ed hi s r emoval t o I ndones i a. W e denyt he pet i t i on. S o e sa m to , an e th n ica llyC h in e se C h ristia n , rec o u n ts tw o e x p e rie n c e s in In d o n e sia i n s uppor tof hi s appl i cat i on. Fi r s t , he al l eges t hatw hi l e he w as i n chur ch, a gr oup of M us l i m peopl e gather ed out s i de, s hout i ng, “C om e out ! W e w i l l bur n t hi s chur ch! ” W hen n o o n e c a m e o u t, th e M u s lim s p a rt ia lly d e s tr o y e d th e c h u rc h ’s g a rd e n a n d th e n s c a tte re d . Second, Soes amt o al l eges t hataft erhe w as i nvol ved i n a mot or cy cl e ac ci dent , a gr oup of n a tiv e In d o n e sia n s b e a t h im w h ile s h o u tin g e th n ic s lu rs. S o e sa m to c laim s th a t, as a re su lt of thes e expe r i ence s , he s uffe r s fr om Post - T r aumat i c St r es s Syndr om e. W e l ack j ur i s di ct i on t o r evi ew t he B oar d of I m m i gr at i on A ppeal s ’ concl us i on t hat S o e s a m to ’s a s y lu m a p p lic a tio n w a s f ile d o u t o f

tim e . See 8 U . S . C . § 1 1 5 8 (a)(3); Sukw anpatr a v. G onz al es , 434 F. 3d 627, 634–35 ( 3d C i r . 2006) . Fur t her , w e ca nnot di s turb t he B oar d of I m m i gr at i on A ppeal s ’ and the I m m i gr at i on J udge’ s concl us i ons t hat S oesam t o is no tenti t l ed to w i t hh oldi ng of rem ov al or r el i ef un der the C on ven t i on A gainst T or tur e. W e r evi ew t hes e cl ai m s undera def er ent i al s ubs t ant i al evi dence s t andar d under w h ich a g en cyfin d ing s “m u st be u p h eld u n less the e v iden ce n o t on lysu p p o rt s a c o n tr ary concl us i on, butcompel s i t . ” A b d ill e v . A sh c ro ft , 2 4 2 F .3 d 4 7 7 , 4 8 3

– 8 4 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 1 ). T he ev i den ce here do es not com pel a conclusi on t hat Soesam t o h as suffered past p e rs e c u tio n o r t o rt u re , se e L ie v . A sh c ro ft , 3 9 6 F . 3 d 5 3 0 , 5 3 6 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 5 ), n o r a3

concl us i on t hati ti s m or e l i kel yt han nott hathe w i l l be per s ecut ed ort or tur ed i f r etur ned to In d o n e s ia , s e e id . a t 5 3 7

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