Case Name: Andree KURNIAWAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-03
Citations: 514 F. App'x 702
Docket Number: No. 11-71909
Parties: Andree KURNIAWAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 514
Pages: 702–703

Head Matter:
Andree KURNIAWAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71909.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2013.
Filed April 3, 2013.
Gihan L. Thomas, Esquire, Law Offices of Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, Ann Carroll Varnon, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Andree Kurniawan, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We review de novo claims of due process violations in deportation proceedings. Antonio-Cruz v. INS, 147 F.3d 1129, 1131 (9th Cir.1998). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and remand.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Kurnia-wan failed to establish that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if he returns to Indonesia. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir. 2009).
Kurniawan testified that the harm he suffered in Indonesia included being robbed on four occasions by people who made derogatory comments about his Chinese ethnicity, and having rocks thrown at his house by people who also shouted ethnic slurs. The BIA found that these incidents did not rise to the level of persecution, and accordingly denied asylum and withholding of removal. Substantial evidence does not support this finding. See Ndom v. v. Ashcroft, 384 F.3d 743, 751 (9th Cir.2004) (concluding the cumulative effect of harms the petitioner suffered rose to the level of persecution). Because the BIA expressly declined to address nexus in its analysis, we remand for it to do so in the first instance. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam). In light of this conclusion, we do not address Kur-niawan's due process argument.
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.