Porras

Porras v. Holder

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411 F. App'x 20
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 24, 201007-75016California305 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Gladys Susana Porras, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, INS v. Elias-Zacanas, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we review de novo due process claims, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Porras does not raise any challenge to the agency’s denial of asylum as time-barred. Accordingly, we deny the petition as to her asylum claim.

We lack jurisdiction over Porras’s contention that she is a member of a protected social group because she did not exhaust it before the agency. See Serrano v. Gonzales, 469 F.3d 1317, 1319 (9th Cir. 2006). Apart from this contention, Porras does not otherwise challenge the agency’s denial of withholding of removal. Accordingly, we deny the petition as to her withholding claim.

Porras’s contention that the…

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