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                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           JAN 07 2010

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                     U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOGAR MARULITUA SIBUEA,                           No. 07-70557

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A095-634-708

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                       On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                           Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted December 15, 2009 **

Before:        GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

       Togar Marulitua Sibuea, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from the

immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence,

Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and dismiss in part and

deny in part the petition for review.

      We lack jurisdiction over Sibuea’s claim that extraordinary circumstances

excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application because the particular

argument that Sibuea raises in his opening brief was not exhausted before the

agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677–78 (9th Cir. 2004). Therefore,

we dismiss the petition with respect to Sibuea’s asylum claim.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that fundamental

changes in circumstances in Indonesia rebut the presumption that Sibuea’s life or

freedom would be threatened on account of his beliefs. See Sowe v. Mukasey, 538

F.3d 1281, 1285–86, 1288 (9th Cir. 2008) (agency rationally construed country

report and provided individualized analysis of changed conditions specific to

petitioner’s situation). Thus, Sibuea’s claim for withholding of removal fails.

      Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because

Sibuea failed to show that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if

returned to Indonesia. See Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1068.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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