Case Name: Natalia FRANSISCA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-08-06
Citations: 286 F. App'x 515
Docket Number: No. 04-73865
Parties: Natalia FRANSISCA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 286
Pages: 515–516

Head Matter:
Natalia FRANSISCA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-73865.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 16, 2008.
Filed Aug. 6, 2008.
Cindy S. Chang, Law Offices of Cindy S. Chang, Walnut, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Anthony W. Norwood, OIL, Richard Zanfardino, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, RAWLINSON, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor Alberto R. Gonzales as Attorney General of the United States. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Natalia Fransisca (Fransisca) petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' decision affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal.
Even accepting her testimony as credible, Fransisca failed to demonstrate the requisite persecution for asylum. Although Fransisca allegedly suffered several deplorable incidents of harassment, these acts do not constitute persecution. See Kumar v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 520, 524 n. 3 (9th Cir.2006) ("Discrimination on the basis of race or religion, as morally reprehensive as it may be, does not ordinarily amount to persecution within the meaning of the Act.... While the ethnic slurs and physical confrontations the [petitioners] endured are regrettable, the evidence presented here does not compel reversal.") (citation omitted); see also Lata v. I.N.S., 204 F.3d 1241, 1244-45 (9th Cir.2000).
Fransisca also fails to demonstrate the requisite individualized risk to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution as a member of a disfavored group. Cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir. 2004). Fransisca has not provided sufficient evidence "that she has been, or is likely to be, specifically targeted for persecution by any individual or group in Indonesia. The fear she has of harassment, discrimination, and sporadic violence may be a fear shared by millions of ethnic Chinese Christians in Indonesia ." Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1181 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc).
"Because [Fransisca has] not established eligibility for asylum, [she has] not met the higher burden of proving that [she is] entitled to withholding of removal." Kumar, 439 F.3d at 525 (citation omitted). Additionally, she is not entitled to asylum for humanitarian reasons. Kazlauskas v. I.N.S., 46 F.3d 902, 906-07 (9th Cir.1995) (noting that a showing of "atrocious past persecution" is required).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.