Filed: Nov. 26, 2019
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Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DOUGLAS ALEXANDER AMADOR- No. 19-71046 GUTIERREZ, AKA Douglas Amador, Agency No. A208-559-439 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 18, 2019** Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Douglas Alexander Amador-Gutierrez, a nati
Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DOUGLAS ALEXANDER AMADOR- No. 19-71046 GUTIERREZ, AKA Douglas Amador, Agency No. A208-559-439 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 18, 2019** Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Douglas Alexander Amador-Gutierrez, a nativ..
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DOUGLAS ALEXANDER AMADOR- No. 19-71046
GUTIERREZ, AKA Douglas Amador,
Agency No. A208-559-439
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 18, 2019**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Douglas Alexander Amador-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Honduras,
petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing
his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for
asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture
*
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).
(“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Garcia-
Milian v. Holder,
755 F.3d 1026, 1031 (9th Cir. 2014). We review de novo
questions of law. Cerezo v. Mukasey,
512 F.3d 1163, 1166 (9th Cir. 2008). We
deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Amador-Gutierrez
established changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse his untimely asylum
application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)-(5). Thus, Amador-Gutierrez’s asylum
claim fails.
In his opening brief, Amador-Gutierrez fails to challenge the agency’s
denial of his withholding of removal and CAT claims. See Corro-Barragan v.
Holder,
718 F.3d 1174, 1177 n.5 (9th Cir. 2013) (failure to contest issue in opening
brief resulted in waiver).
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Amador-
Gutierrez failed to establish eligibility for humanitarian asylum. See 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.13(b)(1)(iii); see also Singh v. Whitaker,
914 F.3d 654, 662 (9th Cir. 2019)
(discussing the applicant’s burden to show that humanitarian relief is warranted).
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s denial of cancellation of removal
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because Amador-Gutierrez raises no colorable legal or constitutional claim. See
Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales,
424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir. 2005) (the court’s
jurisdiction over challenges to the agency’s discretionary hardship determination is
limited to constitutional claims or questions of law).
The agency did not err in concluding that Amador-Gutierrez could not
establish derivative legal status through his great-grandmother. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1158(b)(3)(A) (derivative asylum available to an asylee’s spouse or child); 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (discussing Temporary Protected Status).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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