FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 02 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
EVELYN PATRICIA MEDRANO, AKA No. 12-73550
Patricia Medrano,
Agency No. A029-187-742
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 25, 2015**
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Evelyn Patricia Medrano, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal,
protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), cancellation of
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
removal, and adjustment of status. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Medrano does not raise, and has therefore waived, any argument challenging
the agency’s determination with respect to CAT relief. See Martinez-Serrano v.
INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (“Issues raised in a brief that are not
supported by argument are deemed abandoned. Furthermore, an issue referred to
in the appellant’s statement of the case but not discussed in the body of the opening
brief is deemed waived.” (citations omitted)).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Medrano’s contentions regarding her
applications for asylum and cancellation of removal, as well as her contentions
regarding her past criminal convictions, where she failed to exhaust these claims
before the agency. Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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