Bani Jahaxiel Mendez-Rosales v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BANI JAHAXIEL MENDEZ-ROSALES,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 10-72330
Agency No. A099-581-149
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 19, 2013**
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Bani Jahaxiel Mendez-Rosales, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
FILED
DEC 10 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 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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(“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence factual findings and review de novo due process claims. Zetino v.
Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011-12 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Mendez-Rosales filed his
asylum application within a reasonable period of time after any extraordinary
circumstances. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(5); Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172,
1181-82 (9th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, we deny the petition as to his asylum claim.
Mendez-Rosales testified gang members in Guatemala confronted and
robbed him multiple times, and because he has lived in the United States, they
would think he has money and would try to harm him if he returned. Substantial
evidence supports the agency’s determination that Mendez-Rosales failed to
establish past persecution or a likelihood of future persecution on account of a
protected ground. See Zetino, 622 F.3d at 1016 (“An alien’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.”). Accordingly, Mendez-Rosales’s
withholding of removal claim fails.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of Mendez-Rosales’s
CAT claim because he failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be
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tortured if returned to Guatemala. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073
(9th Cir. 2008).
Finally, we reject Mendez-Rosales’s contention that dismissal of his appeal
by a single member of the BIA violated due process. See Falcon Carriche v.
Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 851 (9th Cir. 2003); see also Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241,
1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process
claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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