Maranan

MEMORANDUM **

Felipe Alvarez Marañan and Josefina Natividad Marañan, natives and citizens of the Philippines, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their applications for asylum, withholding of deportation and removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), and 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the determination unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Molino-Estrada, v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition.

The petitioners waived all contentions pertaining to the BIA’s denial of their CAT claim because they did not challenge it in their petition for review. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996) (“Issues raised in a brief *316 that are not supported by argument are deemed abandoned.”).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that the petitioners were not eligible to receive asylum or withholding of deportation and removal because they did not present evidence…