Vera Lucia Santos Da Silva; Ezequiel Rosendo Santos Da Silva v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
VERA LUCIA SANTOS DA SILVA;
EZEQUIEL ROSENDO SANTOS DA
SILVA,
Petitioners,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 13-70885
Agency Nos. A089-050-577
A089-050-578
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 18, 2015**
Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Vera Lucia Santos Da Silva and Ezequiel Rosendo Santos Da Silva, natives
and citizens of Brazil, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’
order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their
FILED
NOV 24 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §
1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye
v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for
review.
The agency found petitioners’ presumption of future persecution was
rebutted by a fundamental change in circumstances pursuant to 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.16(b)(1). Petitioners do not challenge this dispositive determination in
their counseled opening brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256,
1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed
abandoned).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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