Juan Mendoza-Mejia v. Michael Mukasey

350 F. App'x 85

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: November 3, 2009
• Docket: 08-2880
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Juan Mendoza-Mejia, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Because substantial evidence supports the Board’s determination that Mendoza-Mejia was not subjected to past persecution and does not have a well-founded fear of future persecution in Guatemala, we deny review of Mendoza-Mejia’s claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Zacarias-Velasquez v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 429, 432-34 (8th Cir.2007); Gitimu v. Holder, 581 F.3d 769, 774 (8th Cir.2009). Because this court lacks jurisdiction to review the Board’s determination that Mendoza-Mejia failed to prove his removal would cause an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his spouse or child under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D), we also deny review of his claim for cancellation of removal. See Zacarias-Velasquez, 509 F.3d at 434. Accordingly, Mendoza-Mejia’s petition is denied.