FRANCISCO MAURICIO COZ PAXTOR, AKA Juan Coschavez, AKA Mauricio Coz v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FRANCISCO MAURICIO COZ
PAXTOR, AKA Juan Coschavez, AKA
Mauricio Coz,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 18-73454
Agency No. A206-408-493
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 13, 2021**
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and R. NELSON and HUNSAKER, Circuit
Judges.
Francisco Coz Paxtor petitions for review of a decision by the Board of
Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge (“IJ”)
FILED
APR 15 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and
protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.
Coz Paxtor waived his claims for withholding of removal and CAT relief by
failing to specifically and distinctly argue those claims in the opening brief. See
Austin v. Univ. of Or., 925 F.3d 1133, 1139 (9th Cir. 2019) (“Generally, an issue is
waived when the appellant does not specifically and distinctly argue the issue in
his or her opening brief.” (citation omitted)).
Coz Paxtor waived review of his asylum claim by failing to support his
arguments with citations to any record evidence. See Fed. R. App. Proc. 28(a)(8)
(requiring appellant’s opening brief to contain “citations to the authorities and parts
of the record on which the appellant relies”); Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d
1256, 1259–60 (9th Cir. 1996) (applying rule to opening brief in support of
petition for review).
PETITION DENIED.
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