Roger Adriano-Lozano v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROGER ADRIANO-LOZANO,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-73631
Agency No. A088-659-562
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted September 12, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Roger Adriano-Lozano, native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) 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
SEP 20 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.
In denying his claims for asylum and withholding of removal, the BIA
concluded Adriano-Lozano failed to establish a nexus between the harm he fears
and a protected ground, and that he failed to establish past persecution or an
objectively reasonable well-founded fear of future persecution. As to CAT relief,
the BIA concluded that the IJ properly treated Adriano-Lozano’s CAT claim as
withdrawn or waived. In his opening brief, Adriano-Lozano does not make any
arguments challenging these dispositive determinations. See Corro-Barragan v.
Holder, 718 F.3d 1174, 1177 n.5 (9th Cir. 2013) (failure to contest issue in opening
brief resulted in waiver).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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