Rios-Munoz
Rios-Munoz v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Lorena Mayreling T. Rios-Munoz, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1). Reviewing for substantial evidence, Kasnecovic v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 812, 813 (9th Cir.2005), we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s denial of Rios-Munoz’s asylum application as untimely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that the Court lacks jurisdiction to review the agency’s determination that an asylum application was not filed within one year after the last entry into the U.S. and does not satisfy the exception for “exceptional circumstances”).
*823 Taking Rios-Munoz’s testimony as true, see Smolniakova v. Gonzales, 422 F.3d 1037, 1048 (9th Cir.2005), substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that she failed to establish eligibility for withholding of…