Case Name: Maximino RODRIGUEZ-MONTAR, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-08
Citations: 285 F. App'x 385
Docket Number: No. 04-76315
Parties: Maximino RODRIGUEZ-MONTAR, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT, LEAVY, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 285
Pages: 385–386

Head Matter:
Maximino RODRIGUEZ-MONTAR, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-76315.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 18, 2008.
Filed July 8, 2008.
Kaaren L. Barr, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil M. Lee Quinn, Emily Anne Radford, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division/Office of Immigra tion Litigation, Washington, DC, WWS-District Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Before: REINHARDT, LEAVY, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Maximino Rodriguez-Montar, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("LJ") decision denying his 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 for substantial evidence and will uphold the agency's decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We dismiss Rodriguez-Montar's asylum claim because he failed to raise any legal or constitutional challenge to the IJ's finding that his asylum application was barred as untimely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).
Rodriguez-Montar waived any challenge he may have had to the IJ's finding that he could safely relocate within Mexico. See id. Because this issue is dispositive, his withholding of removal claim fails. See Kaiser v. Ashcroft, 390 F.3d 653, 659 (9th Cir.2004) ("An applicant is ineligible for asylum if the evidence establishes that the applicant could avoid persecution by relocating to another part of the applicant's country of nationality . ") (internal quotations omitted).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Rodriguez-Montar failed to show that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured if returned to Mexico. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003).
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.