ANGEL AGUIRRE LINARES V. MERRICK GARLAND, No. 20-72680 (9th Cir. 2021)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 20 2021 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANGEL ROLAND AGUIRRE LINARES, Petitioner, v. No. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 20-72680 Agency No. A095-804-045 MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted December 14, 2021** Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Angel Roland Aguirre Linares, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). * 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). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review factual findings for substantial evidence. Conde Quevedo v. Barr, 947 F.3d 1238, 1241 (9th Cir. 2020). We deny the petition for review. The record does not compel the conclusion that Aguirre Linares established changed or extraordinary circumstances to excuse his untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4), (5); see also Toj-Culpatan v. Holder, 612 F.3d 1088, 1091-92 (9th Cir. 2010). Thus, Aguirre Linares’s asylum claim fails. In his opening brief, Aguirre Linares does not raise, and therefore waives, any challenge to the BIA’s conclusion that he failed to establish a cognizable particular social group. 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). Aguirre Linares also does not challenge the determination that he failed to demonstrate that government officials would consent or acquiesce to the torture he fears in Guatemala. See id. Thus, we deny the petition for review as to Aguirre Linares’s withholding of removal and CAT claims. The temporary stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 20-72680

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