Opinion ID: 3032655
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: conclusion

Text: The documentary evidence provided by Intan is insufficient to compel a reasonable adjudicator to conclude Intan would more likely than not be persecuted. The BIA’s ruling rests on substantial evidence, and we will therefore deny the petition for review. 5 Intan relies heavily on the Second Circuit’s decision in Mufied v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2007), in support of his claim of a pattern or practice of persecution of ethnic Chinese Christians in Indonesia. However, the petitioner in Mufied was not ethnic Chinese, but rather a Christian of “Manadois” ethnicity. Perhaps even more importantly, the Second Circuit did not find as a matter of law that ethnic Manadois Christians suffered a pattern or practice of persecution, but rather held that because the BIA did not consider the issue in the first instance, the case was proper for remand. In contrast, here, the BIA did consider Intan’s pattern or practice evidence and found it insufficient. See BIA Opinion at 2 (noting, for example, that the 2005 State Department Report “does not support the respondent’s contention that a pattern or practice of persecution against Chinese Christians exists in Indonesia”). 5