Martoyan

Martoyan v. Holder

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396 F. App'x 466
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 24, 2010No. 07-70227California339 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Karen Martoyan and his family, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 88 (1992), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s determination that petitioners failed to establish extraordinary circumstances excusing the untimely filed asylum application because it is based on disputed facts. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(8); cf. Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).

Martoyan omitted additional incidents of harm, as well as the identity of his attackers from his asylum application statement. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). He also testified inconsistently with documentary evidence regarding where he was hospitalized in 1996. See Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935, 938 (9th…

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