Case Name: Herson Daniel HERNANDEZ-ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-13
Citations: 399 F. App'x 294
Docket Number: No. 08-72881
Parties: Herson Daniel HERNANDEZ-ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 399
Pages: 294–295

Head Matter:
Herson Daniel HERNANDEZ-ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-72881.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
Filed Oct. 13, 2010.
Herson Daniel Hernandez-Elias, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
Remi Adalemo, OIL, Blair O’Connor, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Herson Daniel Hernandez-Elias, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming without opinion an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), and for special rule cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act ("NA-CARA"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review Hernandez-Elias' contention that the agency erred in denying relief under NACARA because he failed to raise that issue before the BIA and thereby failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
In his opening brief, Hernandez-Elias fails to address, and therefore has waived any challenge to, the agency's determination that he did not establish eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or relief under the CAT. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party's opening brief are waived).
Hernandez-Elias' contention that the BIA violated due process by affirming without opinion the IJ's decision is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 848 (9th Cir.2003) (BIA's summary affirmance procedure does not violate due process).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.