Case Name: Ali KABBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-06
Citations: 467 F. App'x 756
Docket Number: No. 09-70843
Parties: Ali KABBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 467
Pages: 756–757

Head Matter:
Ali KABBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70843.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 17, 2012.
Filed Feb. 6, 2012.
Bakary Fansu Conteh, Esquire, Law Office of Bakary Fansu Conteh, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, William Clark Minick, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, 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
Ali Kabba, a native and citizen of Sierra Leone, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Sowe v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1281, 1285 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of asylum and withholding of removal based upon changed country conditions because, even if Kabba were credible and established past persecution, the record reflects that country conditions in Sierra Leone have changed such that Kabba no longer has a well-founded fear of future persecution by members of the Revolutionary United Front. See id. at 1285-86, 1288. Accordingly, Kabba's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See id. at 1288.
We lack jurisdiction to address Kabba's unexhausted challenge to the IJ's denial of CAT relief. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.