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# FI LED MA R 25 2013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSW e gr a ntM a nda r i ni ’ s unoppos e d m ot i on t o f i l e a n a m e nde d pe t i t i on f or 1 re v iew . T h e c o u rt d o cu m en ts sh all b e a m en d ed to in d icate th at M an d ar in i’ s hus ba nd, B ruc e A l l e n R e s i w a i n, i s i nc l ude d a s ar i de rt o M a nda r i ni ’ s pe t i t i on f or r e v ie w . 2 A pp ea l ’ s ( “ B IA ”) deci si on adop t i ng and aff i rm i ng the Im m i grat i on Judg e’ s ( “ IJ ”) de c i s i on f

i ndi ng M a nda r i ni i ne l i gi bl e f ora s y l um , w i thhol di ng of r e m ova l , a nd C o n v e n t i o n Ag a i n s tT o rtu r e ( “ C AT ” ) p r o t e c t i o n . We d e n yth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. 1 T he IJ ’ s c on cl usi on thatM andari ni fa i l ed t o est abl i sh pastpers ec ut i on or a w e ll- f o u n d e d f e a ro f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n is s u p p o rte d b ys u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e . See Zehat ye v. G on zales , 45 3 F . 3d 11 82 , 11 85 (9th C i r. 20 06 ). T he tw o i nci dent s that M a nda r i ni e xpe r i e nc e d i n I ndone s i a , though f r i ght e ni ng, do notr i s e t o the l e ve l of pastpers ec ut i on . “ P er se cut i on i s an extre m e c on ce ptthatdo es no ti ncl ud e e very sortof tre atm entou r s oci ety r egar ds as offe nsi ve. ” G h a l yv . I NS , 58 F . 3d 1425, 1 4 3 1 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 5 ) . F u rth e r , M a n d a r in i f a ile d to d e m o n s tr a te th a t th e in c id e n ts w e r e “ c om m i tt e d by the gove rnm e ntorf or c e s the gove rnm e nti s e i the runabl e or un w i l l i ng t o con trol . ” A f ri yi e v . H older , 6 1 3 F .3 d 9 2 4 , 9 3 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 0 ) . T he IJ ’ s det erm i nat i on thatM andari ni fa i l ed t o est abl i sh a w el l -f ou nd ed fe ar o f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n is a ls o s u p p o rte d b ys u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e . T h e I Jc o rr e c tly f ound tha tM a nda r i ni ’ s r e turn tr i ps t o I ndone s i aunde rm i ne d he rt e s t i m ony tha ts he s u b je c tiv e lyf

e a r s r e tu rn in g to I n d o n e s ia . See L oh o v. Mukasey , 531 F . 3d 1016,3

10 17 –1 8 (9th C i r. 20 08 ) ( “ Iti s w el l es t abl i shed i n thi s c ou rtthatan al i en' s hi st ory o f w i l l i n g l y retu rn i n g t o h i s o r h er h o m e co u n try m i l i t at es ag ai n sta fi n d i n g o f p ast p e r s e c u tio n o raw e ll- f

o u n d e d f e a ro f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n .” ) . M a n d a r in i f a ile d to d e m o n s tr a te th a t h e rr e tu rn tr ip s w e r e m o tiv a te d b ya n yc o n c e rn s th a t w o u ld c o m p e l ad if

f e r e n t c o n c lu s io n . See Sm olni akova v. G on zales , 422 F . 3d 1037, 1050 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) . M a nda r i ni a l s o f

a i l e d t o e s t abl i s h tha the rf e a rof f utur e pe r s e c ut i on on the ba s i s of he re thni c i ty , r e l i gi on, ori nvol ve m e ntw i th the F r ontK e daul a t a n M a l a ku ( “F K M ” ) w a s o b

je c tiv e lyr e a s o n ab le . See Zehat ye , 45 3 F . 3d at11 86 (9th C i r. 20 06 ). M andari ni ’ s e vi dence does notcom pel the concl usi on thatshe i s per ce i ved a s M o lu c c a n , o rth a t M o lu c c a n s a r e p e r s e c u te d in I n d o n e s ia . S h e lik e w is e f a ile d to e s tab lis h th a t h e rm e m b e r s h ip in th e F K M w ill s u b je c t h e rto p e r s e c u tio n in J a k a rta . F u rth e r , th e I J ’s f in d in g th a t c o u n tryc o n d itio n s in I n d o n e s iah a v e g r e a tly i m pr ove d s i nc e the he i ghtof i nt e rr e l i gi ous vi ol e nc e oc c urr e d be tw e e n 1999 a nd 2 0 0 2 is s u p p o rte d b y s u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e . F i na l l y , w e not e tha tthe I Jpr ope r l yr e vi e w e d M a nda r i ni ’ s a s y l um a nd w ith h o ld in g ap p lic a tio n s u n d e rth e “d is f a v o r e d g r o u p ” a n a ly s is . See H al i m v. H older , 590 F . 3d 971, 977- 80 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . A l though i ti s true tha ti nt e rve ni ng de c i s i ons ha ve he l d tha tC hr i s t i a ns i n I ndone s i aa r e adi s f a vor e d gr oup,4

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older , 61 0 F . 3d 10 56 (9th C i r. 20 10 ), the IJ ’ s f i nd i ng that M andari ni fa i l ed t o sho w suff i ci ent“ i nd i vi du al i ze d ri sk” of per se cut i on t o q ual i fy f o ra s y lu m o n th is b a s is is s u p p o rte d b ys u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e . H a lim , 59 0 F . 3d at 9 7 8 . T h a t M a n d a r in i f a ile d to q u a lif

yf o ra s y lu m n e c e s s a r ilym a k e s h e rin e lig ib le f o rw ith h o ld in g o f

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r e m ova l i s m or e s tr i nge nttha n the w e l l - f ounde d f e a rs t a nda r d gove rni ng a s y l um . ” ) . F i na l l y , M a nda r i ni pr oduc e d no evi dence thatshe w ou l d b e t ortured i f r eturned t o Ind on es i a, as re qu i re d for re l i ef u n d e rC A T . Se e H

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