Case Name: Vely ANDAJANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-06-29
Citations: 474 F. App'x 516
Docket Number: No. 09-73411
Parties: Vely ANDAJANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
Vely ANDAJANI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-73411.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed June 29, 2012.
Gihan L. Thomas, Esquire, Law Offices of Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Nancy Ellen Friedman, Trial, 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: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, 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
Vely Andajani, a Christian and ethnically Chinese native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order affirming without opinion the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of her 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, see Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Even if all of the incidents of harassment Andajani experienced in Indonesia were on account of a protected ground, the record does not compel the conclusion that they rose to the level of persecution, either individually or cumulatively. See id. at 975-76 (incidents suffered by ethnic Chinese petitioner in Indonesia, considered in the aggregate, did not amount to persecution); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1059-60 (9th Cir.2009).
Substantial evidence also supports the IJ's finding that, even under a disfavored group analysis, Andajani failed to establish sufficient individualized risk of persecution to show a well-founded fear of persecution. See Halim, 590 F.3d at 979; cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-28 (9th Cir. 2004). In addition, the evidence does not establish a pattern or practice of persecution of ethnic Chinese Christians in Indonesia. See Halim, 590 F.3d at 979; Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1061-62. Further, Andajani's contention that the IJ failed to analyze her experiences in the context of widespread discrimination and persecution of Chinese in Indonesia is belied by the record. Accordingly, her asylum claim fails.
Because Andajani has failed to meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, it follows that she has not met the higher standard for withholding of removal. See Halim, 590 F.3d at 980 n. 7.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the IJ's denial of CAT relief because An-dajani failed to establish it is more likely than not she will be tortured if returned to Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1067-68.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.