Case Name: WEN SIONG TJONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-20
Citations: 412 F. App'x 933
Docket Number: No. 08-70666
Parties: WEN SIONG TJONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 412
Pages: 933–934

Head Matter:
WEN SIONG TJONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70666.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 10, 2011.
Filed Jan. 20, 2011.
Houman Varzandeh, VHF Law Group, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Timothy Bo Stanton, John J.W. Inkeles, Esquire, Trial, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Wen Siong Tjong, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision ("IJ") denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings and de novo legal questions. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny in part, dismiss in part, and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Tjong's late-filed asylum application is excused by any extraordinary circumstances. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(5); Dhital v. Mukasey, 532 F.3d 1044, 1050 (9th Cir.2008). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to his asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Tjong's mistreatment by native Indonesians did not rise to the level of persecution. See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d at 1059-60. However, in finding Tjong did not face a clear probability of persecution, the agency did not apply the disfavored group analysis to Tjong's claim. Because the agency did not have the benefit of our intervening decisions in Wakkary and Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir.2010), we remand for the BIA to assess Tjong's withholding of removal claim under the disfavored group analysis in the first instance. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
We lack jurisdiction to review Tjong's due process contention that the IJ was biased, because Tjong did not raise this argument to the BIA. See Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 780 (9th Cir.2001).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.