Case Name: Juan Pavon GRANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-27
Citations: 600 F. App'x 586
Docket Number: No. 14-71103
Parties: Juan Pavon GRANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 600
Pages: 586–587

Head Matter:
Juan Pavon GRANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-71103.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 22, 2015.
Filed April 27, 2015.
Juan Pavón Grandez, Eloy, AZ, pro se.
Jonathan Aaron Robbins, Esquire, Brianne Whelan Cohen, Trials, 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: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, 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
Juan Pavón Grandez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his applications 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. Alphonsus v. Holder, 705 F.3d 1031, 1036-37 (9th Cir.2013); Arteaga v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 940, 942 n. 1 (9th Cir.2007). We review de novo questions of law, we review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Walckary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009), and we review de novo claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We do not consider the evidence Pavón Grandez included in his filings to the court that he did not present in the proceedings below. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (this court's review is limited to the administrative record).
We lack jurisdiction to review Pavón Grandez's contention regarding eligibility for a waiver of inadmissibility because he failed to raise this issue before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
We need not address Pavón Grandez's contention regarding his removability based on his Arizona criminal conviction, which he conceded to the IJ, because he does not — and has never — challenged the finding that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A)(i). Contrary to Pa-vón Grandez's contention, the agency did not find him ineligible for cancellation of removal on the basis of his Arizona criminal conviction. Further, we lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary determination that Pavón Grandez failed to show the requisite exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his qualifying relative for cancellation of removal. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 929-30 (9th Cir.2005).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Pavón Grandez failed to establish he suffered past persecution or that he has a well-founded fear of future persecution in Honduras on account of a protected ground. See 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"). Contrary to Pavón Grandez's contention, the country reports do not indicate a pattern of persecution of deportees by police, gangs and death squads. Thus, Pavón Grandez's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1045 (9th Cir.2004).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Pa-vón Grandez failed to establish it is more likely than not that he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Honduras. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
We reject Pavón Grandez's due process contentions. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).
Finally, we deny as unnecessary Pavón Grandez's renewed request for a stay of removal because the court previously granted a stay of removal. The stay will terminate upon the issuance of the mandate.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.