Diaz
Diaz v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Carlos Humberto Diaz, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction to review Diaz’s legal claims pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(D). We review de novo questions of law, Cabrera-Alvarez v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 1006, 1009 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the petition for review.
Diaz’s contention that the IJ erred in finding that his prior conviction was an aggravated felony is unavailing. In the final administrative decision, the agency did not hold that Diaz was convicted of an aggravated felony. Instead, the BIA affirmed the denial of cancellation of removal on the ground that Diaz had previously been granted relief under former 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c). See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(c)(6).
Although Diaz contends that he is not waiving his applications for asylum, withholding of removal or CAT protection, he does not raise any issues or brief any…