Galdino v. Mukasey

279 F. App'x 472

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 19, 2008
• Docket: No. 06-72451
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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1. We lack jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of Marco Galdino’s (Galdino) untimely asylum application. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3). Any potential constitutional claims presented by the petition remain unexhausted. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1). Galdino’s claim that “extraordinary circumstances” justified the untimely asylum application requires us to decide disputed questions of fact. We therefore dismiss this portion of Galdino’s petition. See Ramadan v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 646, 650-654 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).

2. We deny Galdino’s petition for review of the BIA’s decision affirming the IJ’s denial of Galdino’s application for withholding of removal. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s and IJ’s findings that Galdino failed to establish a “clear probability of persecution.” See Halaim v. INS, 358 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir.2004). Galdino failed to establish that it is “more likely than not” that he would be persecuted if forced to return to Brazil. Popova v. INS, 273 F.3d 1251, 1260 (9th Cir.2001). We therefore deny this portion of Galdino’s petition.

3. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s and the IJ’s denial of relief under CAT. Galdino failed to demonstrate that “it is more likely than not that he ... would be tortured” with the acquiescence of the Brazilian government. See Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1194 (9th Cir.2003) (citations omitted). We therefore deny this portion of Galdino’s petition.

DISMISSED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.