SARABI v. HOLDER, 330 Fed.Appx. 140 (9th Cir. 2009)
Javad Asgharpour SARABI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., AttorneyGeneral, Respondent.
No. 08-72743.United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.Submitted July 29, 2009.[fn*]
Filed July 31, 2009.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.][fn*] The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P.34(a)(2).
Javad Asgharpour Sarabi, Eloy, AZ, pro se.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Edward Earl Wiggers, Esquire, John Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A028-S05-927.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM[fn**]
[fn**] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Javad Asgharpour Sarabi, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions pro se for reviewPage 141
of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal, and for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. ยง 1252. We review for substantial evidence. See Delgado v.Mukasey, 563 F.3d 863, 874 (9th Cir. 2009). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's determination that Sarabi's aggravated felony conviction rendered him ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal because Sarabi failed to exhaust that issue. See Barron v. Ashcroft,358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).
The agency denied CAT relief because Sarabi did not show it was more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Iran and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. SeeLemus-Galvan v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 1081, 1084 (9th Cir. 2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED inpart.