Nelson Reynosa-Galicia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Franklin Edgardo Matute-Sanchez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order denying his motion to remand, and dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings and review de novo its legal conclusions. Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2008). The court reviews for abuse of discretion a denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We deny the petition for review.
Matute-Sanchez does not challenge the agency’s dispositive determination that Matute-Sanchez’s crimes were “particularly serious crimes,” which statutorily excluded him from asylum and withholding of removal relief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed abandoned). Accordingly, Matute-Sanchez’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.