Jimy Menendez Castillo v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

541 F. App'x 731

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: November 15, 2013
• Docket: 13-1496
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Guatemalan citizens Jimy Menendez Castillo and Gloria Donis de Menendez petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which upheld an immigration judge’s adverse decision. After careful consideration of the petition, we find no basis for reversal.

First, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of cancellation of removal. See Zacarias-Velasquez v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 429, 434 (8th Cir. 2007) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review denial of cancellation of removal for failure to prove exceptional and extremely unusual hardship); see also Gomez-Perez v. Holder, 569 F.3d 370, 372-73 (8th Cir. 2009) (jurisdictional bar applied to petitioner’s argument that BIA had applied “an incorrect legal standard,” as petitioner was merely challenging BIA’s discretionary conclusion that circumstances did not merit cancellation of removal). Second, we conclude that substantial evidence supported the BIA’s decision to deny asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). See Khrystotodorov v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 775, 781, 784 (8th Cir.2008) (this court upholds denial of asylum if it is supported by substantial evidence; denial of asylum dictates same outcome on withholding-of-removal and CAT claims based on same underlying factual allegations).

Accordingly, the petition for review is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.