Opinion
No. 09-70729.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed December 22, 2010.
Elizabeth Torres, Foss and Torres, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.
Gregory Michael Kelch, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A098-953-391, A098-953-392, A098-953-393.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Petitioner Mayra Carolina Garcia and her daughters, Vivian Marcela Rivera Garcia and Katherine Vanessa Rodriguez Garcia, natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's (IJ) decision denying their application for asylum, with-holding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.
Petitioners contend the Board denied them due process by failing to address a country report supporting their claim that women and children are mistreated in El Salvador. There is no clear evidence to rebut the presumption that the Board considered the evidence in the record. See Kokli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1068 (9th Cir. 2007). Regardless, the Board denied relief based on a failure to establish a nexus to a protected ground, and the country report is not relevant to that determination.
We decline to address petitioner's unexhausted contention that the IJ did not comply with 8 C.F.R. § 1208.11 by failing to send a copy of the asylum application to the Department of State for review. Ontiveros-Lopez v. INS, 213 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir. 2000) (declining to consider a claim that Board did not have first opportunity to consider).