Juan Pablo Huiza-Henriquez v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JUAN PABLO HUIZA-HENRIQUEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 14-70807
Agency No. A205-535-173
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 18, 2017**
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Juan Pablo Huiza-Henriquez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from
an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum,
withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
* 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
DEC 21 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence the agency’s factual findings, Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070
(9th Cir. 2008), and we review de novo questions of law, Mendez-Mendez v.
Mukasey, 525 F.3d 828, 832 (9th Cir. 2008). We dismiss in part and deny in part
the petition for review.
We do not consider the materials Huiza-Henriquez references in his opening
brief that are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955,
963-64 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc).
We lack jurisdiction to review Huiza-Henriquez’s contentions as to his
particular social group and humanitarian asylum because he failed to raise them to
the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004)
(exhaustion is mandatory and jurisdictional).
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Huiza-Henriquez
failed to establish a nexus between the harm he experienced and fears and a
protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (“An
[applicant’s] desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or
random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground.”); see
also Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 862 (9th Cir. 2009) (without “evidence
of an actual political opinion or motive in the petitioner’s or the gang’s actions” the
petitioner’s actual or imputed political opinion claim failed), abrogated on other

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grounds by Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, 707 F.3d 1081, 1092-94 (9th Cir. 2013).
Thus, Huiza-Henriquez’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of Huiza-Henriquez’s
CAT claim because he did not demonstrate it is more likely than not that he would
be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government of El
Salvador. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1047 (9th Cir. 2009).
Finally, we reject, as unsupported by the record, Huiza-Henriquez’s
contentions that the IJ violated his due process rights. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d
1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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