EDWIN WATUNG V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 11-71755 (9th Cir. 2013)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 19 2013 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EDWIN GILBERT WATUNG, Petitioner, No. 11-71755 Agency No. A096-364-544 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted March 12, 2013 ** Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. 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 * 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). Thus, we reject Watung s request for oral argument. 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. 2 11-71755

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