Roberto Corea-Salazar v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Roberto Corea-Salazar, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an order by an immigration judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, CAT protection, and voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

Because the BIA conducted its own review of the evidence and the law, our review is limited to the BIA’s decision, except to the extent that the IJ’s opinion has been expressly adopted. Hosseini v. Gonzales, 471 F.3d 953, 957 (9th Cir.2006). “We review constitutional claims and questions of law de novo and review factual findings under the deferential substantial evidence standard, treating them as ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’ ” Lopez-Cardona v. Holder, 662 F.3d 1110, 1111 (9th Cir.2011) (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B)).

We deny the petition for review. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we need not recount it here:

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