Jefri Paulus v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Jefri Paulus, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Cortez-Pineda v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1118, 1124 (9th Cir.2010). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding based on the omission from his asylum application of the kidnappings of Paulus and his wife. See Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 973-74 (9th Cir.2011) (omitted incidents of arrest and mistreatment supported adverse credibility finding). Further, the record does not compel acceptance of the explanation that Paulus prepared his application pro se, without any help. See id. at 974 . In addition, to the extent Paulus otherwise contends he was not afforded an opportunity to explain omissions in his application, we lack jurisdiction to review Paulus’s contention because he did not raise it to the…