Galdino

MEMORANDUM *

1. We lack jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of Marco Galdino’s (Galdino) untimely asylum application. 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3). Any potential constitutional claims presented by the petition remain unexhausted. 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (d)(1). Galdino’s claim that “extraordinary circumstances” justified the untimely asylum application requires us to decide disputed questions of fact. We therefore dismiss this portion of Galdino’s petition. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650-654 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).

2. We deny Galdino’s petition for review of the BIA’s decision affirming the IJ’s denial of Galdino’s application for withholding of removal. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s and IJ’s findings that Galdino failed to establish a “clear probability of persecution.” See Halaim v. INS, 358 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir.2004). Galdino failed to establish that it is “more likely than not” that he would be persecuted if forced to return to Brazil. Popova v. INS, 273 F.3d 1251, 1260 (9th Cir.2001). We therefore deny this portion of Galdino’s petition.

3. Substantial evidence supports the…