Nath

*160 MEMORANDUM **

Avinesh Prasad Nath, a native and citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ 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, Marcu v. INS, 147 F.3d 1078, 1080-81 (9th Cir.1998), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that country conditions had changed sufficiently to rebut any presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution that Nath had as an Indo-Fijian in Fiji. See id., 147 F.3d at 1081-1082 .

Because Nath has not met the standard for asylum, he necessarily cannot meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).

Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s conclusion that Nath is ineligible for CAT relief. See Zhang v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 713, 721-22 (9th Cir.2004).

We do not consider the country condition information Nath submitted with his opening brief, because it was not…