Masengi

Masengi v. Holder

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344 F. App'x 298
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 17, 2009No. 05-76236California237 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

We lack jurisdiction over Masengi’s asylum claim because it was untimely filed. See Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir.2008).

Masengi is not eligible for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (b)(3) or the Convention Against Torture, because substantial evidence in the record supports the BIA’s determination that Masengi does not face a clear probability of either persecution on account of his race and religion or torture, see Khourassany v. INS, 208 F.3d 1096, 1100 (9th Cir.2000), even taking into account his membership in disfavored reli *300 gious and racial groups, see Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1065 (9th Cir.2009). There is no evidence of IJ bias with respect to Masengi’s contention that the IJ had a pre-conceived notion of conditions in Indonesia such that the IJ believed that no individual from that country could establish a grounds for relief. Likewise, there is no basis for Masengi’s claim that the IJ’s decision was based on speculation rather than substantial evidence in the record.

Masengi waived any legal argument regarding the propriety of the IJ’s exclusion of his expert witness by failing to develop a coherent legal…

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