Arnin Valdez-Bonilla v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Arnin Antonio Valdez-Bonilla, a native and citizen of Honduras, 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 the agency’s factual findings. Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review,

Valdez-Bonilla does not challenge the agency’s determination that he did not establish past persecution. See Martinez-Serrano v. I.N.S., 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that, even if Valdez-Bonilla had timely filed his asylum application, he failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Nagoulko v. I.N.S., 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003); see also I.N.S. v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n.1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (“To reverse the BIA finding we must find that the evidence not only…