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Edvin ECHEVERRIA-LOPEZ, aka Edvin Echejerria-Lopez, aka Edvin Candido Echeverria-Lopez, aka Ricardo Merina, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-73260.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 21, 2015.
    
    Filed July 28, 2015.
    Edvin Echejerria-Lopez, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
    Joanna L. Watson, Trial, Ernesto Horacio Molina, Jr., Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Edvin Echeverria-Lopez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se 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”). 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). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA and IJ noted that Echeverria-Lopez stipulated that his asylum claim was time-barred, and Echeverria-Lopez has not challenged this dispositive finding. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues which are not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Thus, we deny the petition as to Echeverria-Lopez’s asylum claim.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Echeverria-Lopez did not establish that he suffered past persecution in Guatemala, and that he failed to establish it is more probable than not that he would be persecuted if returned to Guatemala. See Hoxha v. Ash croft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1182, 1185 (9th Cir.2003) (record did not compel finding of past persecution; to qualify for withholding of removal, petitioner must show that it is more probable than not that he would suffer future persecution). Thus, Echeverria-Lopez’s withholding of removal claim fails.

Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Echeverria-Lopez failed to demonstrate it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official in Guatemala. See Silaya, 524 F.3d at 1073.

Finally, we lack jurisdiction to consider Echeverria-Lopez’s request for prosecuto-rial discretion. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order). As noted by the BIA, Echeverria-Lopez did not apply for cancellation of removal. Thus, we also lack jurisdiction to consider Echeverria-Lopez’s contentions regarding eligibility for cancellation of removal. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is npt precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.