Case Name: Anselmo Pascual Puentes SOLIS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-14
Citations: 420 F. App'x 779
Docket Number: No. 09-70350
Parties: Anselmo Pascual Puentes SOLIS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 420
Pages: 779–779

Head Matter:
Anselmo Pascual Puentes SOLIS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70350.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2011.
Filed March 14, 2011.
Scott Allen Marks, Law Offices of Scott A. Marks, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Susan Houser, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, 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
Anselmo Pascual Puentes Solis, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we review de novo due process claims, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that internal relocation for Puentes Solis is unreasonable. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(l)(i)(B) (presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution is rebutted if the applicant could reasonably be expected to relocate to another part of the country to avoid future persecution).
Puentes Solis failed to exhaust his contention that the IJ violated due process by not acting as a neutral decision maker. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to review this claim. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004); Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 780 (9th Cir.2001).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.