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Case: 21-60763        Document: 00516695917             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/31/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                      No. 21-60763                                   FILED
                                    Summary Calendar                            March 31, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                     Clerk
   Channy Chhun,

                                                                                Petitioner,

                                            versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                              Respondent.

                         Petition for Review of an Order of the
                             Board of Immigration Appeals
                               Agency No. A216 855 963

   Before Richman, Chief Judge, Stewart, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Channy Chhun, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions for review
   of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal
   from a decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his application for
   asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention
   Against Torture (CAT). Because his numerous due process issues were not

         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                     No. 21-60763

   raised before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), we lack jurisdiction
   to consider them. See Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 137 (5th Cir. 2004) (per
   curiam); see also Martinez-Guevara v. Garland, 27 F.4th 353, 360 (5th Cir.
   2022).
            We review the BIA’s decision for substantial evidence. See Cardona-
   Franco v. Garland, 35 F.4th 359, 363 (5th Cir. 2022); Zhang v. Gonzales, 432
   F.3d 339, 344 (5th Cir. 2005). We consider the BIA’s decision only insofar
   as it influenced that of the IJ. See Singh v. Sessions, 880 F.3d 220, 224 (5th
   Cir. 2018). The BIA’s adverse credibility determination is supported by
   “specific and cogent reasons derived from the record,” Zhang, 432 F.3d at
   344 (citations omitted), and consideration of the record as a whole does not
   show that “no reasonable fact-finder” could make such a determination,
   Singh, 880 F.3d at 225 (citation omitted); see also id. at 224. Additionally, the
   record does not compel a contrary conclusion to that of the BIA on the issue
   whether Chhun failed to demonstrate that he more likely than not would be
   tortured if repatriated. See Zhang, 432 F.3d at 344; Ramirez-Mejia v. Lynch,
   794 F.3d 485, 493 (5th Cir. 2015). The petition for review is DENIED in
   part and DISMISSED in part for want of jurisdiction.

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