Basri

MEMORANDUM

Radi Marta Basri, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

The agency denied Basri’s asylum application as time-barred. Basri does not challenge this finding in his opening brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued are waived). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to Basri’s asylum claim.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of Basri’s withholding of removal claim based on changed circum stances in Indonesia in light of the Indonesian government’s grant of amnesty to members of the Free Aceh Movement. See Sowe v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1281, 1285-88 (9th Cir.2008).

Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Basri did not demonstrate…