Case Name: Gabriel Antonio SALAZAR-TRIVINO; Maria Delpilar Ortiz La Rotta; Gabriel N. Salazar Ortiz; Adriana D. Salazar Ortiz; Maria Alexandra Salazar Ortiz, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-06
Citations: 145 F. App'x 90
Docket Number: No. 04-60843
Parties: Gabriel Antonio SALAZAR-TRIVINO; Maria Delpilar Ortiz La Rotta; Gabriel N. Salazar Ortiz; Adriana D. Salazar Ortiz; Maria Alexandra Salazar Ortiz, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before JONES, WIENER, and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 145
Pages: 90–91

Head Matter:
Gabriel Antonio SALAZAR-TRIVINO; Maria Delpilar Ortiz La Rotta; Gabriel N. Salazar Ortiz; Adriana D. Salazar Ortiz; Maria Alexandra Salazar Ortiz, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-60843.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Oct. 6, 2005.
Daniel M. Kowalski, Austin, TX, for Petitioners.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
John Ashcroft, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before JONES, WIENER, and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioners Gabriel Antonio Salazar-Trivino, his wife, and his three minor children (collectively, "Petitioners,") all natives and citizens of Colombia, petition for review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals, affirming, without opinion, the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Petitioners claim that the BIA violated its own regulations by affirming the IJ's decision without opinion. As we have reviewed the IJ's decision and found no error, this argument is unavailing. See Garcia-Melendez v. Ashcroft, 351 F.3d 657, 662-63 (5th Cir.2003).
Petitions also contend that the IJ erroneously concluded that Salazar was not credible and erroneously failed to find persecution and a well-founded fear of persecution on account of political opinion. Petitioners' cursory argument challenging the credibility determination is conclusional, fails to cite to the record, and is inadequately briefed. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987); Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(9). Further, we conclude from our review of the record that the IJ's decision denying relief is supported by substantial evidence and that the record evidence does not compel a contrary conclusion. See Chun v. INS, 40 F.3d 76, 78 (5th Cir.1994). Petitioners have not briefed separate claims for relief under the CAT, so those claims are deemed abandoned. See Rodriguez v. INS, 9 F.3d 408, 414 n. 15 (5th Cir.1993); Cinel v. Connick, 15 F.3d 1338, 1345 (5th Cir.1994).
Finally, Petitioners insist that the requirement of INA § 240B(b), 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(b), that an alien be present in the United States for at least one year to be eligible for post-hearing voluntary removal, violates equal protection. We agree with the Government that one rational basis for the statute is to permit aliens with at least one year's presence in the United States to settle their affairs before departing because such aliens are more likely to have accumulated sufficient interests to warrant the time afforded by voluntary departure. See Tovar-Landin v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1164, 1167 (9th Cir.2004); Rodriguez v. INS, 9 F.3d 408, 414 (5th Cir.1993).
PETITION DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.