Case Name: Victor Antonio AMAYA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-02-15
Citations: 267 F. App'x 518
Docket Number: No. 06-73738
Parties: Victor Antonio AMAYA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, McKEOWN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 267
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
Victor Antonio AMAYA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-73738.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 12, 2008.
Filed Feb. 15, 2008.
Oleg Cross, Esq., Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Victor Antonio Amaya, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Christopher C. Fuller, Lyle D. Jentzer, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, McKEOWN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Victor Amaya petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.
Amaya argues the BIA's refusal to accept his untimely brief violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process and amounted to an abuse of discretion. Even if we were to presume deficient performance by counsel and to presume prejudice, Amaya must show "some plausible grounds for relief' on his underlying claim. See Grigoryan v. Mukasey, 515 F.3d 999, 1003-04 (9th Cir.2008). This analysis turns on whether "the [IJ or BIA] could plausibly have held that [the petitioner] was [eligible for relief] based on the record before it." Id. (quoting Ray v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 582, 589 (9th Cir.2006)). Amaya has failed to meet this standard. The sole basis of his application was his fear of generalized violence in El Salvador. Like in Rojas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 814, 826 (9th Cir.2003), "All the king's horses and all the king's men and the very best counsel in the world could not induce a contrary decision on this record on appeal to the BIA."
Amaya's petition for review is DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.