Case Name: Eliot Oswaldo POCASANGRE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-29
Citations: 441 F. App'x 434
Docket Number: No. 10-70629
Parties: Eliot Oswaldo POCASANGRE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 441
Pages: 434–435

Head Matter:
Eliot Oswaldo POCASANGRE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70629.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2011.
Filed June 29, 2011.
Sylvia L. Esparza, Esquire, Law Office of Sylvia L. Esparza, Las Vegas, NV, for Petitioner.
Jesse Matthew Bless, Oil, David V. Ber-nal, Assistant Director, 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, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, 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
Eliot Oswaldo Pocasangre, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") removal order. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Barrios v. Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 854 (9th Cir.2009), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Romero-Ruiz v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1057, 1062 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not err in finding that Pocasangre failed to establish the seven years of continuous physical presence required under 8 C.F.R. § 1240.66(b)(2) to be eligible for derivative special rule cancellation of removal. See 8 C.F.R. § 1240.61(a)(4); Barrios, 581 F.3d at 858-59.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Poeasangre's request to remand to the IJ to apply for asylum where he had not applied for asylum before the IJ and failed to demonstrate that he sought relief based on circumstances that arose subsequent to his hearing. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); Romero-Ruiz, 538 F.3d at 1063-64.
We lack jurisdiction to review Poca-sangre's remaining contentions because he failed to raise them before the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004) (generally requiring exhaustion of claims before the agency).
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.