Case Name: Johannes Anthony Jeremias SAHERTIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-31
Citations: 339 F. App'x 793
Docket Number: No. 06-73214
Parties: Johannes Anthony Jeremias SAHERTIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 339
Pages: 793–794

Head Matter:
Johannes Anthony Jeremias SAHERTIAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-73214.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 29, 2009.
Filed July 31, 2009.
Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Edward C. Durant, Esq., DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Johannes Anthony Jeremías Sahertian, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we grant in part land deny in part the petition for review and remand.
The agency erred by refusing to consider the evidence regarding whether Sahertian belonged to a disfavored group in assessing his withholding of removal claim. See id. at 1067. Therefore, we remand to the BIA for reconsideration of this claim. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam). In addition, the agency should reconsider whether the harm to Sahertian's father, brother, and family business occurred at least in part on account of the family's Christian religion in light of our recent decision in Sinha v. Holder, 564 F.3d 1015, 1020-23 (9th Cir.2009).
The record does not compel the conclusion that there is a pattern or practice of persecution of Christians in Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1062.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Sahertian failed to show that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if he returns to Indonesia. See id. at 1067-68.
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED in part; DENIED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.