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                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JAN 03 2014

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TJANDRA NJATA,                                    No. 12-71618

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A097-349-833

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

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted December 17, 2013**

Before:        GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

       Tjandra Njata, 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

          *
             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 factual

findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny

the petition for review.

      Even if Njata were credible, the record does not compel the conclusion that

his experiences of discrimination and one random beating rose to the level of past

persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir. 2009); Hoxha v.

Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2003) (harassment, threats, and one

beating did not compel finding of past persecution). Substantial evidence also

supports the BIA’s determination that, even under a disfavored group analysis,

Njata failed to establish sufficient individualized risk of harm to demonstrate a

well-founded fear of future persecution. See Halim, 590 F.3d at 979 (insufficient

individualized risk where petitioner “failed to offer any evidence that distinguishes

his exposure from those of all other ethnic Chinese Indonesians”). Accordingly,

his asylum claim fails.

      Because Njata failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed

to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye, 453
F.3d at 1190.

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      Finally, Njata does not raise any arguments regarding the denial of CAT

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

not supported by argument are deemed waived).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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