Ruben Mejia-Celaya v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Ruben Antonio Mejia-Celaya, 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 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 the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir.2010). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We do not consider the medical information attached to Mejia-Celaya’s opening brief. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (this court’s review is limited to the administrative record). We deny the respondent’s motion to strike as unnecessary.

We lack jurisdiction to consider the particular social group of abandoned street children and related contentions that Mejia-Celaya raises in his opening brief. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review issues or…