Wuysang

MEMORANDUM ***

Paul Alexander Wuysang (Wuysang) petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for withholding of removal and relief under Article 3 of the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We review for substantial evidence, Sillah v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 1042, 1044 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition.

With respect to the claim for withholding of removal, the harm experienced by Wuysang and his family is insufficient to compel a finding of past persecution. See Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1181-82 (9th Cir.2003). Moreover, even assuming that the disfavored group analysis set forth in Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922, 927-29 (9th Cir.2004), applies to all Indonesian Christians and in the context of withholding of removal, Wuysang cannot demonstrate a “clear probability, i.e., that it is more probable than not-that he would suffer future persecution.” Hoxha, 319 F.3d at 1185 (citation omitted).

Wuysang has waived any challenge to the IJ’s denial of CAT relief. See Ghahremani v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 993, 997 (9th Cir.2007) (“Issues raised in a brief that are not supported by argument are…