Abadi

MEMORANDUM **

Behazd Abadi, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for political asylum and withholding of removal on the basis of an adverse credibility finding. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we grant the petition and remand with directions.

I.

Before reviewing the BIA’s credibility finding, we consider Abadi’s other claims on appeal. Abadi claims that the BIA erred in denying relief under the Convention Against Torture. This Court will “review only issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s opening brief.” Greenwood v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir.1994). Abadi makes this claim in a conclusory manner with no legal authority to show how the BIA erred in denying him such relief. “[A] bare assertion does not preserve a claim” and thus, we find that Abadi abandoned this claim for relief. Id.

Abadi next challenges the constitutionality of Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”) § 240B(b)(l), 8 U.S.C. § 1229e(b)(l). Abadi lacks standing to make this claim because he points to no injury…