David Juarez v. Jefferson Sessions

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 17 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DAVID JUAREZ, No. 13-72779 Petitioner, Agency No. A073-123-242 v. MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 11, 2017** Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. David Juarez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). The agency found Juarez did not establish eligibility for asylum on the basis of having either soldiers or guerillas attempt to recruit him in El Salvador. We lack jurisdiction to consider the contention Juarez raises for the first time in his opening brief that he was or would be persecuted as a member of a particular social group of children who refused conscription. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004) (petitioner must exhaust claims in administrative proceedings below). Apart from his social group argument, Juarez does not otherwise challenge the agency’s reasons for denying his asylum claim. Thus, we deny the petition for review. PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part. 2 13-72779