Case Name: Dina Azucena RABANALES-FUENTES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-02
Citations: 656 F. App'x 341
Docket Number: No. 14-71737
Parties: Dina Azucena RABANALES-FUENTES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 656
Pages: 341–342

Head Matter:
Dina Azucena RABANALES-FUENTES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-71737
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 26, 2016
FILED August 2, 2016
Claudia Jasmine Lopez, Esquire, Attorney, Law Offices of Claudia Lopez, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Michael Christopher Heyse, Trial Attorney, OIL, DOJ—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: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, 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
Dina Azucena Rabanales-Fuentes, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's ("U") decision denying her 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 de novo due process claims and we review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198-99 (9th Cir. 2012). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Contrary to Rabanales-Fuentes's contention, the BIA did not streamline her case.
Rabanales-Fuentes does not challenge the agency's dispositive finding that her asylum application is time-barred. 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). Thus, we deny the petition as to Rabanales-Fuentes's asylum claim.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Rabanales-Fuentes failed to establish past persecution or a likelihood of future persecution from gangs on account of a protected ground if returned to Guatemala. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) ("[petitioner'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."); Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740-41 (9th Cir. 2009) (under the REAL ID Act, an applicant must prove a protected ground is at least 'one central reason' for persecution). Thus, Rabanales-Fuentes's withholding of removal claim fails.
Rabanales-Fuentes' CAT claim also fails because she did not demonstrate it is more likely than not that she would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official if returned to Guatemala. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008).
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the agency's denial of voluntary departure. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(f); Corro-Barragan v. Holder, 718 F.3d 1174, 1177 (9th Cir. 2013) (this court's jurisdiction over decisions regarding voluntary departure is limited to constitutional claims or questions of law).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.