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Harvey Adolfo GONZALEZ, aka Adolfo Gonzalez, aka Harvey Gonzalez, aka Harvey A. Gonzalez, aka Harve Rosales, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-74348.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 22, 2015.
    
    Filed June 30, 2015.
    Christopher Eric Coleman, Esquire, Pacific Law Group, Huntington Park, CA, for Petitioner.
    Justin Robert Markel, 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: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Harvey Adolfo Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, -withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Gonzalez established changed circumstances to excuse his untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4); see also Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 656-58 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). Thus, we deny Gonzalez’s petition as to his asylum claim.

Gonzalez does not raise any arguments challenging the agency’s rejection of his withholding of removal, CAT, or cancellation of removal claims. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996) (“Issues raised in a brief that are not supported by argument are deemed abandoned.”).

Gonzalez requests that we reopen and remand his case based on “newly discovered facts” and potential eligibility for adjustment of status or relief pursuant to NACARA. We lack jurisdiction to consider these claims, which Gonzalez must first present to the agency. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.2; 1003.43.

Finally, Gonzalez’s claim that his case warrants prosecutorial discretion is not subject to judicial review. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order).

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