TERESA ALFARO-AMEZCUA, AKA Teresa Amezcua Alfaro v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TERESA ALFARO-AMEZCUA, AKA
Teresa Amezcua Alfaro,
Petitioner,
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 18-71673
Agency No. A089-725-244
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 17, 2019**
Before: McKEOWN, BYBEE, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Teresa Alfaro-Amezcua, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision finding Alfaro-Amezcua removable and denying her
application for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and relief
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
APR 22 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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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.
Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026, 1031 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the
petition for review.
In her opening brief, Alfaro-Amezcua failed to challenge any of the
agency’s dispositive determinations. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256,
1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s
opening brief are waived); see also Andia v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1181, 1184 (9th
Cir. 2004) (per curiam) (“In reviewing the decision of the BIA, we consider only
the grounds relied upon by that agency.”). Thus, Alfaro-Amezcua’s cancellation
of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims are denied.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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