Case Name: Frederick Delano PAULUS; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-26
Citations: 580 F. App'x 629
Docket Number: No. 12-71641
Parties: Frederick Delano PAULUS; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 580
Pages: 629–630

Head Matter:
Frederick Delano PAULUS; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-71641.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 25, 2014.
Filed June 26, 2014.
A. Justin Lum, Esquire, A. Justin Lum Law Offices, Pasadena, CA, for Petitioners.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Hillel Ryder Smith, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Petitioner’s request for oral argument is denied.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Frederick Delano Paulus, and his family, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their application for asylum, 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 factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny the petition for review.
We deny petitioners' motion to take judicial notice of the 2010 and 2011 State Department reports and we do not consider them. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963-64 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (the court's review is limited to the administrative record).
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that petitioners have not established the incidents Paulus experienced in Indonesia rose to the level of persecution, where Paulus was never physically harmed or threatened. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-18 (9th Cir.2003) (discrimination and harassment do not constitute persecution); see also Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1060 (9th Cir.2009) (harms to friend and pastor were not part of pattern closely tied to petitioner). Further, substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that, even under a disfavored group analysis, Paulus did not show sufficient individualized risk to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 977-79 (9th Cir.2009); cf. Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004). Finally, the record does not compel the conclusion that petitioners established a pattern or practice of persecution against Christians in Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1060-62. Accordingly, petitioners' asylum claim fails.
Because petitioners did not meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, their claim for withholding of removal necessarily fails. See Zehatye, 453 F.3d at 1190.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because petitioners failed to establish it is more likely than not they will be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a government official if they return to Indonesia. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir.2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.