Case Name: Vanik Armen VOSKANYAN, aka Vanik Voskanyan, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-10-20
Citations: 620 F. App'x 617
Docket Number: No. 13-71293
Parties: Vanik Armen VOSKANYAN, aka Vanik Voskanyan, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 620
Pages: 617–618

Head Matter:
Vanik Armen VOSKANYAN, aka Vanik Voskanyan, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-71293.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 14, 2015.
Filed Oct. 20, 2015.
Vanik Voskanyan, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Shahrzad Baghai, Colin J. Tucker, Trial, Oil, DOJ-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: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, 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
Vanik Armen Voskanyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("U") order of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo constitutional claims, Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198 (9th Cir.2012), and review for substantial evidence the denial of withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Voskanyan has never challenged the IJ's dispositive determination that his conviction is an aggravated felony crime of violence under 8 'U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), 1101(a)(43)(F), that renders him removable and ineligible fop most forms of relief from removal, nor does he challenge, before this court, the BIA's determination that he waived the. issue of removability. See Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083, 1091 n. 3 (9th Cir.2011) (a petitioner waives an issue by failing to raise it- in the opening brief). With the exception of Voskanyan's contention that he is eligible for withholding of removal and CAT protection, Pechenkov v. Holder, 705 F.3d 444, 448-50 (9th Cir.2012), this court's jurisdiction is therefore limited to reviewing colorable questions of law or constitutional claims. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C), (D).
To the extent Voskanyan contends the agency violated due process by failing to provide a reasoned explanation for its decision or by depriving him of a fan- trial, these contentions are not supported by the record. See Vilchez, 682 F.3d at 1199 ("A due process violation occurs where (1) the proceeding was so fundamentally unfair that the alien was prevented from reasonably presenting his case, and (2) the alien demonstrates prejudice, which means that the outcome of the proceeding may have been affected by the alleged violation." (citation and quotation marks omitted)).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Voskanyan did not establish eligibility for withholding of removal or CAT protection, where he testified that he did not fear harm or torture by anyone in Armenia. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009); see also Silaya, 524 F.3d at 1073.
Voskanyan's remaining contentions are not colorable constitutional or legal challenges that invoke our jurisdiction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C), (D).
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.