Case Name: Adrian Nunez LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-29
Citations: 397 F. App'x 415
Docket Number: No. 08-74489
Parties: Adrian Nunez LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 397
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
Adrian Nunez LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-74489.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
Filed Sept. 29, 2010.
Adrian Nunez Lopez, Woodland Hills, CA, pro se.
M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, 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, CALLAHAN, and N.R. 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
Adrian Nunez Lopez, native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 ("NACARA"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Ram, v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001), and for substantial evidence factual findings, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Lopez's contention that the IJ violated due process by acting as a handwriting expert fails in light of the agency's reliance on alternative grounds for its finding that Lopez lied about the submission of work authorization and temporary protective status applications. See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge). Substantial evidence support the BIA's determination that there was no clear evidence of identity theft. Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 986.
The record does not support Lopez's contention that the IJ had closed the record for entry of additional documents before admitting the work authorization and temporary protective status applications. Lopez's due process claim therefore fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on due process claim).
We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the discretionary denial of cancellation of removal under NACARA. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B).
We also lack jurisdiction to review Lopez's remaining contentions that the IJ engaged in speculation and that Lopez established good moral character despite the lack of candor finding because Lopez failed to exhaust these issues before the BIA. Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 930 (9th Cir.2004) ("A petitioner cannot satisfy the exhaustion requirement by making a gen eral challenge to the IJ's decision, but, rather, must specify which issues form the basis of the appeal.")
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.