Satamian

MEMORANDUM **

Onnig Satamian, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of deportation, relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and a waiver of inadmissibility. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petition for review in part, grant it in part, dismiss it in part, and remand for further proceedings.

The BIA’s January 2000 remand in this case instructed the IJ to reconsider Satamian’s asylum application and determine “whether [he] is deserving of asylum in the exercise of discretion.” The IJ then determined that Satamian did not “warrant[ ] a favorable exercise of discretion.” Satamian does not challenge this conclusion, which was adopted by the BIA, and has therefore waived any challenge. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1260 (9th Cir.1996). As a result, we need not consider whether the IJ properly de termined that Satamian was ineligible for asylum based on his 1993 conviction.

With respect to the agency’s determination that…