Jose Pena-Chavez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jose Pena-Chavez v. Eric Holder, Jr., 511 F. App'x 672 (9th Cir. 2013)

Jose Pena-Chavez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Edwin Gilbert Watung, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal. 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 BIA’s determination that, even under a disfavored group analysis, Watung failed to present sufficient evidence of individualized risk to establish it is more likely than not he will be persecuted in Indonesia. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 979-80 (9th Cir. 2009); 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 than would an asylum applicant”). Thus, his withholding of removal claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Edwin Gilbert WATUNG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished