Case Name: YUN WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-02
Citations: 435 F. App'x 629
Docket Number: No. 09-70645
Parties: YUN WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 435
Pages: 629–631

Head Matter:
YUN WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70645.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 24, 2011.
Filed June 2, 2011.
Maria Christina Flores, Law Office of Maria Flores, San Gabriel, CA, for Petitioner.
Lisa Damiano, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, 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
Yun Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying her 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, and de novo due process claims. Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Wang established extraordinary circumstances to excuse her untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a), (5); see also Husyev, 528 F.3d at 1181-82. Accordingly, her asylum claim fails.
Wang has not "specifically and distinctly argued and raised" the issue of CAT relief. Castro-Perez v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 1069, 1072 (9th Cir.2005) (failure to raise a claim results in waiver). Accordingly, her CAT claim fails.
In addition, Wang's contention that she was denied due process because the IJ did not act as an impartial fact-finder is not supported by the record. See Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1072 (9th Cir.2003). Nevertheless, we suggest remand to a different IJ.
With respect to withholding of removal, Wang testified she was arrested, detained for five days, physically abused, forced to sign a confession letter, fired from her job, prohibited from practicing her Christian religion, and subjected to ongoing police surveillance. Substantial evidence does not support the agency's determination that Wang failed to establish past persecution because the record compels a finding of persecution. See Guo v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1194, 1203 (9th Cir.2004) ("totality of circumstances" compelled finding of perse cution where Chinese Christian arrested, detained, physically abused, forced to renounce religion, and fired from job). Wang is therefore entitled to a presumption of a clear probability of persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(b)(l)(i). Accordingly, we grant the petition with respect to withholding of removal and remand for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED 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.