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Guillermo YARZA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-73184.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 20, 2016.
    
    Filed Jan. 26, 2016.
    Nabil E. Chelico, Esquire, Law Office of Nabil E. Chelico, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
    Matthew Albert Connelly, Trial, OIL, 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, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Guillermo Yarza-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, 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 protection 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 and we review de novo due process challenges to immigration proceedings. Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011-12 (9th Cir.2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

We reject Yarza-Gutierrez’s contentions that the IJ’s conduct during proceedings violated due process. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

The record does not compel the conclusion that Yarza-Gutierrez established changed circumstances to excuse the untimely filing of his asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4); see also Husyev v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 1172, 1181-82 (9th Cir.2008). We reject Yarza-Gutierrez’s contentions that the BIA failed to address arguments on appeal or failed to adequately explain its decision. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir.2010). Thus, Yarza-Gutierrez’s asylum claim fails.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Yarza-Gutierrez failed to establish past persecution or a fear 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.”); see also Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (the REAL ID Act “requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Thus, Yarza-Gutierrez’s withholding of removal claim fails.

In addition, substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Yarza-Gutierrez failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Mexico. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).

Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary denial of Yarza-Gutierrez’s application for voluntary departure where Yarza-Gutierrez presents no question of law that would invoke our jurisdiction. See Gil v. Holder, 651 F.3d 1000, 1006 (9th Cir.2011), abrogated on other grounds by Moncrieffe v. Holder, — U.S.-, 133 S.Ct. 1678, 185 L.Ed.2d 727 (2013).

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