NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 19 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EDWIN DJOHAN SAMIADJI; MEIVY No. 15-71014 VIKE POLUAN, Agency Nos. A088-320-632 Petitioners, A088-320-633 v. MEMORANDUM* ROBERT M. WILKINSON, Acting Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted February 16, 2021** Before: GRABER, FRIEDLAND, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. Edwin Djohan Samiadji and Meivy Vike Poluan, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand. Petitioners do not raise, and have therefore waived, any challenge to the BIA’s denial of their request to reopen pursuant to its sua sponte authority, or to the BIA’s determination that they failed to establish prima facie eligibility for relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056, 1058 n.3 (9th Cir. 2010) (issues not raised or argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). The BIA abused its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen as untimely because the BIA failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that petitioners’ evidence did not establish materially changed conditions in Indonesia. See Tadevosyan v. Holder, 743 F.3d 1250, 1252-53 (9th Cir. 2014) (the BIA abuses its discretion when it fails to provide a reasoned explanation for its actions). In rejecting petitioners’ claim of materially changed country conditions, the BIA did not refer to any of the thirty-two exhibits submitted in support of the motion, explain why the exhibits did not sufficiently reflect materially changed conditions in Indonesia since 2009 that affected petitioners’ eligibility for relief, or otherwise indicate that it meaningfully considered the evidentiary record. We remand so that the BIA may more thoroughly examine the evidence and explain the rationale behind its decision. See 2 15-71014 Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 681 (9th Cir. 2011) (“The BIA abuses its discretion when it denies petitioner’s claim with no indication that it considered all of the evidence and claims presented by the petition.”); Hu v. Holder, 652 F.3d 1011, 1020 (9th Cir. 2011) (remanding where a meaningful review of the agency’s decision could not be conducted because the agency failed to provide a reasoned explanation of its decision). The BIA also abused its discretion in denying the motion to reopen on the ground that petitioners were not prima facie eligible for asylum or withholding of removal, because the BIA failed ...
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