Case Name: Ismael ALVARENGA-GARCIA, a.k.a. Ismael Antonio Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-17
Citations: 579 F. App'x 546
Docket Number: No. 09-71042
Parties: Ismael ALVARENGA-GARCIA, a.k.a. Ismael Antonio Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 579
Pages: 546–547

Head Matter:
Ismael ALVARENGA-GARCIA, a.k.a. Ismael Antonio Rivera, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-71042.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 12, 2014.
Filed June 17, 2014.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Daniel Shieh, Esquire, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and M. 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
Ismael Alvarenga-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order reinstating removal proceedings and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. 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 lack jurisdiction to consider Alvaren-ga-Garcia's CAT claim because he failed to raise it to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004). We also lack jurisdiction to consider Alvar-enga-Garcia's contentions related to political opinion. See id. Alvarenga-Garcia does not otherwise challenge the BIA's denial of his withholding of removal claim. 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).
We reject Alvarenga-Garcia's claim that the BIA violated his due process rights by reinstating his removal proceedings without providing him with notice and an op portunity to request review of his eligibility for Temporary Protected Status ("TPS") because he failed to establish prejudice. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(c)(2)(B)(i) (having two or more misdemeanor convictions renders alien ineligible for TPS); see also Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
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.