ALVAREZ GONZALES v. BARR (2020)

MEMORANDUM **

Luis Manuel Alvarez Gonzales, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings. Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.

In his opening brief, Alvarez Gonzales does not challenge the dispositive grounds relied on by the agency in denying asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in an opening brief are waived).

Alvarez Gonzales’s contention that the agency’s failure to take administrative notice of country conditions reports violated his due process rights fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim); Liu v. Waters, 55 F.3d 421, 427 (9th Cir. 1995) (BIA is “not required independently to take administrative notice of [country] conditions” where petitioner “provided no such information”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.