Case Name: Ferdinandus NAHAK, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-07-31
Citations: 535 F. App'x 573
Docket Number: No. 10-70358
Parties: Ferdinandus NAHAK, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 535
Pages: 573–574

Head Matter:
Ferdinandus NAHAK, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70358.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 24, 2013.
Filed July 31, 2013.
Armin Alexander Skalmowski, Law Office of Armin Skalmowski, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioner.
David Schor, Trial Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation Chief Counsel ICE, Aric Allan Anderson, Trial, DOJ— U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, 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
Ferdinandus Nahak, 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 denying his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's denial of CAT relief because Nahak failed to demonstrate it is more likely than not he will be tortured if returned to Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1068. Accordingly, Nahak's CAT claim fails.
With respect to withholding of removal, the BIA concluded that, assuming Nahak testified credibly and established past persecution, circumstances have fundamentally changed so as to rebut the presumption of future persecution. But the BIA did not address the particular risk Nahak faces as a member of the Maluku Sovereignty Front. See Ali v. Holder, 637 F.3d 1025, 1030 (9th Cir.2011) (agency must make an "individualized determination" of how changed country circumstances might affect a person in petitioner's specific situation). Accordingly, we grant the petition with respect to withholding of removal, and we remand for the agency to make the required individualized determination. In light of our conclusions, we do not reach Fransiscus's disfavored group argument.
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.