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Alvaro Yovani SANCHEZ-GARCIA, a.k.a. Alvaro Jovany Sanchez, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2013-03-29No. No. 09-71753
514 F. App'x 680

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ORDER

The petition for panel rehearing is granted. The memorandum disposition filed on November 16, 2012, is withdrawn. An amended memorandum disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.

Any additional petition for rehearing shall be filed within 45 days from the date the amended memorandum disposition is filed.

MEMORANDUM

Alvaro Yovani Sanchez-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Sanchez-Garcia did not demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-82, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir.2009) (“[t]he Real ID Act requires that a protected ground represent ‘one central reason’ for an asylum applicant’s persecution”). Accordingly, Sanchez-Garcia’s asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir.2005).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Sanchez-Garcia’s request to remand to consider his claim for cancellation of removal because he did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for that form of relief. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 599 (9th Cir.2006). We lack jurisdiction to review Sanchez-Garcia’s contentions related to hardship because he failed to raise this issue to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).

Further, we deny Sanchez-Garcia’s motion for judicial notice of the declaration by his wife and do not consider the additional documents he submitted with his opening brief because they are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (this court’s review is limited to the administrative record). In light of our conclusions, we deny the government’s motion to strike as unnecessary.

Finally, we deny Sanchez-Garcia’s request for a remand to consider a new grant of voluntary departure.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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