Goeij v. Ashcroft
Goeij v. Ashcroft
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Agus Goetomo Goeij, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the summary affirmance by the Board of Immigration Appeals of the denial of his application for asylum. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a). As this is a streamlined case, we review the decision of the immigration judge (“U”). 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(a)(7). We deny the petition.
We review the IJ’s decision to see if there is substantial evidence to support it. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). This court may reverse the IJ’s factual findings only if “a reasonable factfinder would be compelled to find the petitioner eligible for the relief sought.” Gomez-Saballos v. INS, 79 F.3d 912, 914 (9th Cir. 1997).
The IJ made no adverse finding regarding Goeij’s credibility. Thus, we “assume that [Goeij’s] factual contentions are true.” Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1114 (9th Cir. 2000).
Being bullied as a child by native Indonesian children who stole his money, being involved in an altercation after a traffic accident in 1978, being told by police that they would not take a report after his car was vandalized, being aware of the May 1998 riot in Indonesia while residing in Cambodia, and having local officials charge
Even though Goeij fears future persecution, the record supports the IJ’s conclusion that his fear is not objectively reasonable. There is no evidence of a particularized, individual basis for fearing that he personally would be targeted, and general country conditions cannot suffice to establish the reasonableness of an asylum-seeker’s personal fear of future persecution. Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). A reasonable factfinder would not be compelled to find that Goeij had a well-founded fear of future persecution.
PETITION DENIED.
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