Case Name: Jilsca OPPIER, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-14
Citations: 518 F. App'x 528
Docket Number: No. 08-72319
Parties: Jilsca OPPIER, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 518
Pages: 528–529

Head Matter:
Jilsca OPPIER, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-72319.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 8, 2013.
Filed May 14, 2013.
Armin Alexander Skalmowski, Law Office of Armin Skalmowski, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioner.
District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, OIL, Jennifer R. Khouri, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FERNANDEZ, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner Jilsca Oppier (Oppier), an Indonesian citizen, petitions for review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her asylum application as untimely, and denying Oppier's requests for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture (CAT) protection. Oppier contends that changed circumstances excused the untimely filing of her asylum application, and that the BIA's denial of withholding of removal and CAT relief is not supported by substantial evidence.
The BIA's dismissal of Oppier's untimely asylum application is supported by substantial evidence because Oppier failed to demonstrate changed circumstances "materially affecting [her] eligibility for asylum." Singh v. Holder, 656 F.3d 1047, 1052 (9th Cir.2011) (citations omitted); see also Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 658 (9th Cir .2007) ("The record . does not compel the conclusion that [Oppier] showed changed circumstances to excuse the late filing of her asylum application. .").
The BIA's denial of withholding of removal was also supported by substantial evidence, as Oppier failed to demonstrate that her harassment in Indonesia rose to the level of past persecution and "that she will more likely than not be singled out individually for persecution on account of a protected ground.... " Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056, 1062 n. 5 (9th Cir. 2010), as amended; see also Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060 (9th Cir.2009) (holding that substantial evidence supported rejection of past persecution claim because petitioner failed to demonstrate "a pattern of persecution closely tied to . [the petitioner]") (citation omitted).
Because Oppier failed to present any evidence that it was more likely than not that she would be tortured in Indonesia, Oppier's CAT claim fails. See Alphonsus v. Holder, 705 F.3d 1031, 1049 (9th Cir. 2013) ("To establish eligibility under CAT, an alien must demonstrate that [she] will more likely than not be tortured if removed to [her] home country .") (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.