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Tri SANBUDIARTO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 08-71559.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 8, 2011.
    
    Filed March 14, 2011.
    Gihan L. Thomas, Esquire, Law Offices of Gihan L. Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
    CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Terri Leon-Benner, Esquire, OIL, Monica Antoun, Esquire, Barry J. Pettinato, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Tri Sanbudiarto, native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a 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 factual findings. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Sanbudiarto’s untimely asylum application is excused by changed or extraordinary circumstances. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 657-58 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam); Toj-Culpatan v. Holder, 612 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir.2010) (per cu-riam). Accordingly, Sanbudiarto’s asylum claim fails.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the instances of discrimination, the attack on Sanbudiarto’s home and the blocking of the church entrance on Christmas in 1999, did not rise to the level of past persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-18 (9th Cir.2003). In addition, substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Sanbudiarto failed to demonstrate a clear probability of future persecution because he can relocate to another part of Indonesia. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 998-99 (9th Cir.2003) (country report supports the agency’s finding that petitioner could relocate safely). Accordingly, Sanbudiarto’s withholding of removal claim fails.

Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Sanbudiarto has not established that any torture he may suffer would be by or with the acquiescence of the Indonesian government. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.