Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-12-21 01:02:43.453834+00
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FILED
                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           DEC 20 2013

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

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TINGTING YAN,                                    No. 11-73874

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A088-128-782

  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.

       Tingting Yan, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an

immigration judge’s decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our

          *
             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 is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence

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

deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

       Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that, even if credible, Yan’s

single instance of detention and beating, which resulted in non-serious injuries, did

not rise to the level of persecution. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1020-21

(9th Cir. 2006); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir. 1995). Substantial

evidence also supports the finding that Yan failed to establish a well-founded fear

of future persecution based on an individualized risk because Yan has not

established that the police has any current interest in her. See Ladha v. INS, 215

F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir. 2000) (stating that a petitioner must provide “credible,

direct, and specific evidence”). We lack jurisdiction to address Yan’s unexhausted

contention that there is a pattern or practice of persecution of Christians in China.

See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004). Thus, Yan’s asylum

claim fails.

       Because Yan 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 Zehatye

v. Gonzales, 543 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006).

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      Finally, we lack jurisdiction over Yan’s CAT claim because she did not

exhaust it with the BIA before filing her petition for review. See Barron, 358 F.3d

at 678.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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