Drammeh

MEMORANDUM **

Haji Drammeh, a native and citizen of Sierra Leone, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application 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 factual findings, Sowe v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1281, 1285 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and remand.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal based upon changed country conditions because, even if Drammeh established past persecution, the record reflects that conditions in Sierra Leone have changed such that Drammeh no longer has a well-founded fear of future persecution by members of the Revolutionary United Front (“RUF”). See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13 (b)(l)(i)(A); see also Sowe, 538 F.3d at 1286-87 . We reject Drammeh’s contention the agency failed to consider his expert’s evidence. See Larita-Martinez v. INS, 220 F.3d 1092, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2000) (petitioner must overcome the presumption that the agency…