Court Opinion

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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            APR 21 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOOTJE JOHANES KAMBEY,                           No. 08-70891

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A095-630-202

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                              Submitted April 5, 2011 **

Before:        B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

       Jootje Johanes Kambey, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal

and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the

agency’s factual findings, and we review de novo the agency’s legal

determinations. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009). We

deny the petition for review.

      Kambey did not present any evidence or claim that he had been persecuted

in Indonesia. Rather, he testified he feared future persecution due to his

Christianity. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that, even as a

member of a disfavored group, he failed to establish that he would be targeted for

persecution. See Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 925 (9th Cir. 2004) (showing

membership in a disfavored group must be “coupled with a showing that [the

asylum applicant], in particular, is likely to be targeted as a member of that

group”); Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1066 (“[a]n applicant for withholding of removal

will need to adduce a considerably larger quantum of individualized-risk evidence

to prevail”). Further, the record does not compel the conclusion that there is a

pattern or practice of persecution against Christians in Indonesia. See Wakkary,
558 F.3d at 1060-62. Accordingly, Kambey’s withholding of removal claim fails.

      Finally, Kambey has not raised any direct challenge to the agency’s denial of

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CAT relief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996)

(issues not supported by argument are deemed abandoned).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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