NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 12 2020 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT LUIS MANUEL ALVAREZ GONZALES, No. 17-71997 AKA Luis Manuel Alvarez Gonzalez, Agency No. A201-179-244 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted May 6, 2020** Before: BERZON, N.R. SMITH, and MILLER, Circuit Judges. Luis Manuel Alvarez Gonzales, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have * 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). jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings. Jiang v. Holder, 754 F.3d 733, 738 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review. In his opening brief, Alvarez Gonzales does not challenge the dispositive grounds relied on by the agency in denying asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in an opening brief are waived). Alvarez Gonzales’s contention that the agency’s failure to take administrative notice of country conditions reports violated his due process rights fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim); Liu v. Waters, 55 F.3d 421, 427 (9th Cir. 1995) (BIA is “not required independently to take administrative notice of [country] conditions” where petitioner “provided no such information”). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 17-71997 17-71997 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Luis Alvarez Gonzales v. William Barr 12 May 2020 Agency Unpublished cd361ba7d1f44961a76dc77cb5729c996e7f949e
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