Glistin

MEMORANDUM **

Yuriy Fedorovich Glistin and his wife, natives and citizens of Russia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing them appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we grant in part and deny in part the petition for review, and remand.

The record does not compel the conclusion that petitioners have shown changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of their asylum application. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-57 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).

Substantial evidence does not support the Id’s determination that Glistin failed to establish a nexus between the harms that he suffered and one of the protected grounds for withholding of removal. See Fedunyak v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 1126, 1129 (9th Cir.2007). Glistin’s exposure of arson and weapons theft at government military facilities and the cover-up by…