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Jaspal Singh BAL, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.
MEMORANDUM **
Jaspal Singh Bal, a native and citizen of India, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's (“IJ”) decision finding him removable and denying his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA's denial of a motion to remand. Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
In his opening brief, Bal does not challenge the BIA's determination that he waived any challenge to the IJ's denial of withholding of removal based on the determination that he was convicted of a particularly serious crime. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party's opening brief are waived). Bal also does not challenge the determination that he was removable as charged or the denial of deferral of removal under CAT. See id. Thus, we deny the petition for review as to removability, withholding of removal and relief under CAT.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Bal's motion to remand to consider new evidence for deferral of removal under CAT, where he failed to demonstrate that the evidence he submitted was previously unavailable and could not have been discovered or presented at the former hearing. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); see also Movsisian, 395 F.3d at 1097-98 (a motion to reopen, filed while an appeal is pending before the BIA, is treated as a motion to remand).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 20-72596
Decided: July 22, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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