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Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUG 19 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS GEOVANI ALBERTO SICILIANO No. 09-72782 SAGRARIO, Agency No. A094-830-958 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 13, 2014** Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Geovani Alberto Siciliano Sagrario, a native and citizen of
Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUG 19 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS GEOVANI ALBERTO SICILIANO No. 09-72782 SAGRARIO, Agency No. A094-830-958 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 13, 2014** Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Geovani Alberto Siciliano Sagrario, a native and citizen of ..
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUG 19 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
GEOVANI ALBERTO SICILIANO No. 09-72782
SAGRARIO,
Agency No. A094-830-958
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 13, 2014**
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Geovani Alberto Siciliano Sagrario, 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 (“IJ”) decision denying his
application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for
substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales,
453 F.3d 1182, 1184-
85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and
we remand.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Siciliano Sagrario failed to establish that it is more likely than not he will be
tortured by or with the acquiescence of the government of El Salvador. See Silaya
v. Mukasey,
524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008). We reject Siciliano Sagrario’s
contention that the agency failed to consider evidence because he has not overcome
the presumption that the agency reviewed the record. See Fernandez v. Gonzales,
439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir. 2006).
In denying Siciliano Sagrario’s withholding of removal claim, the agency
found Siciliano Sagrario failed to establish past persecution or a fear of future
persecution on account of a protected ground. When the IJ and BIA issued their
decisions in this case they did not have the benefit of this court’s decisions in
Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder,
707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2013) (en banc), Cordoba v.
Holder,
726 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2013), and Pirir-Boc v. Holder,
750 F.3d 1077
(9th Cir. 2014), or the BIA’s decisions in Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 227
(BIA 2014), and Matter of W-G-R-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 208 (BIA 2014). Thus, we
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remand Siciliano Sagrario’s withholding of removal claim to determine the impact,
if any, of these decisions. See INS v. Ventura,
537 U.S. 12, 16-18 (2002) (per
curiam). In light of this remand, we do not reach Siciliano Sagrario’s remaining
challenges to the agency’s denial of his withholding of removal claim at this time.
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part.
REMANDED.
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