Langie

Langie v. Holder

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472 F. App'x 763
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 24, 201208-70749California396 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Olvyke Chanette Langie, Hasan Raintung, and their children, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Tamang v. Holder, 598 F.3d 1083, 1088 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Petitioners each filed separate applications for asylum, and were also listed as derivatives of Langie’s application. Except for three house burning incidents Raintung alleged that related solely to him, petitioners’ claims are all based on the grounds set forth in Langie’s testimony.

The record does not compel the conclusion that petitioners established changed circumstances to excuse their untimely-asylum applications. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4 (a)(4); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 657-58 (9th Cir.2007). Accordingly, their asylum claim fails.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Raintung was not credible regarding the alleged…

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