United States v. 2020-10-29 | 16-71738 | DOUGLAS ALFARO-MENJIVAR V. WILLIAM BARR | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOUGLAS ALEXIS ALFARO-
MENJIVAR,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

Respondent.

No. 16-71738

Agency No. A202-083-708

MEMORANDUM
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On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted October 26, 2020
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Before: McKEOWN, RAWLINSON, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Douglas Alexis Alfaro-Menjivar, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
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

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

OCT 29 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny
the petition for review.
In his opening brief, Alfaro-Menjivar does not challenge the agency’s
dispositive bases for denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and
relief under CAT. 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). Thus, we deny the petition for review as to his asylum, withholding of
removal, and CAT claims.
We do not address Alfaro-Menjivar’s contentions as to the cognizability of
his proposed social group of “family members of police threatened with harm by
organized gangs” because the BIA did not reach that issue. See Santiago-
Rodriguez v. Holder, 657 F.3d 820, 829 (9th Cir. 2011) (review limited to the
grounds relied on by the BIA).
As stated in the court’s June 24, 2016 order, the temporary stay of removal
remains in place until issuance of the mandate.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.