Tampubolon v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the petitioner waived CAT claim by failing to advance any arguments in favor of relief
• explaining that “a petitioner’s membership in a disfavored group is not sufficient by itself to meet [the petitioner’s] ultimate burden of proof; some evidence of individualized risk is necessary for the petitioner to succeed” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• case law decided subsequent to the filing of an asylum application is not a changed circumstance that excuses untimely filing
• “[P]etitioners failed to raise any issues or advance any arguments in favor of relief . . . . Accordingly, petitioners waived review of their . . . claim.”
• petitioner’s membership in the disfavored group of Christian Indonesians was not sufficient by itself to meet the burden of proof and some evidence of individualized risk was necessary for the petitioner to succeed
• issues not raised or argued in a party’s opening brief are waived

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