Tangkilisan
Tangkilisan v. Mukasey
Opinion
lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Jathniel Rei Tangkilisan, 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 asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that changed or extraordinary circumstances excused the untimely filing of Tangkilisan’s asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4 (a)(4), (5); Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir. 2008); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-58 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, Tangkilisan’s asylum claim fails.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Tangkilisan’s experiences do not constitute past persecution, see Nagoulko, at 1016-18, and Tangkilisan has not demonstrated any basis for past persecution under Hernandez-Ortiz v. Gonzales, 496 F.3d 1042, 1045-46 (9th Cir. 2007). In addition, even if the disfavored group analysis set forth in Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th…