Case Name: Alvaro Yovani SANCHEZ-GARCIA, a.k.a. Alvaro Jovany Sanchez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-29
Citations: 514 F. App'x 680
Docket Number: No. 09-71753
Parties: Alvaro Yovani SANCHEZ-GARCIA, a.k.a. Alvaro Jovany Sanchez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 514
Pages: 680–682

Head Matter:
Alvaro Yovani SANCHEZ-GARCIA, a.k.a. Alvaro Jovany Sanchez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-71753.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 13, 2012.
Filed March 29, 2013.
Michael John Selph, Esquire, Law Offices of Michael J. Selph, North Hollywood, CA, for Petitioner.
Theodore Charles Hirt, OIL, Thankful Townsend Vanderstar, 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: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
ORDER
The petition for panel rehearing is granted. The memorandum disposition filed on November 16, 2012, is withdrawn. An amended memorandum disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.
Any additional petition for rehearing shall be filed within 45 days from the date the amended memorandum disposition is filed.
MEMORANDUM
Alvaro Yovani Sanchez-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Sanchez-Garcia did not demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) ("[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"). Accordingly, Sanchez-Garcia's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir.2005).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Sanchez-Garcia's request to remand to consider his claim for cancellation of removal because he did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for that form of relief. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 599 (9th Cir.2006). We lack jurisdiction to review Sanchez-Garcia's contentions related to hardship because he failed to raise this issue to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).
Further, we deny Sanchez-Garcia's motion for judicial notice of the declaration by his wife and do not consider the additional documents he submitted with his opening brief because they are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (this court's review is limited to the admin istrative record). In light of our conclusions, we deny the government's motion to strike as unnecessary.
Finally, we deny Sanchez-Garcia's request for a remand to consider a new grant of voluntary departure.
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.