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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            MAY 17 2013

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

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTINA TAMPI,                                 No. 11-72700

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A099-365-529

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

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted May 14, 2013**

Before:        LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

       Christina Tampi, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum,

withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture

          *
             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).
(“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial

evidence the agency’s factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056

(9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Tampi’s

experiences in Indonesia, even considered cumulatively, did not rise to the level of

persecution. See id. at 1059-60; Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir. 2000)

(“[t]hreats . . . constitute past persecution in only a small category of cases, and

only when the threats are so menacing as to cause significant actual suffering or

harm.”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Further, contrary to

Tampi’s contention, even under a disfavored group analysis she failed to show

sufficient individualized risk of harm as a Christian in Indonesia to establish a

well-founded fear of persecution. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 977-79 (9th

Cir. 2009). Thus, the record does not compel reversal of the agency’s denial of

Tampi’s asylum claim. See id.

      Because Tampi failed to meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, her

withholding of removal claim necessarily fails. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d

1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2006). We reject Tampi’s contention that the IJ failed to

consider evidence in assessing her withholding of removal claim.

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      Finally, Tampi does not make any arguments challenging the agency’s

denial of CAT protection. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60

(9th Cir. 1996) (issues not raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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