Green
Green v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
John Edward Green, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) relief.
The IJ dismissed Green’s asylum claim pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(2), which requires that an asylum application be filed within one year of the applicant’s arrival in the United States. We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s determination under this section. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir.2002). We therefore dismiss this portion of the petition.
Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a), we have jurisdiction to review the denial of withholding of removal and CAT relief. Id. We review for substantial evidence the IJ’s factual findings. See Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1028 (9th Cir.2000).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s denial of Green’s withholding of removal claim because he failed to show that his persecution was on account of his actual or imputed political opinion, or his membership in a particular social group. See id. at 1029-31…