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Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 3 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT VICTOR MANUEL AGUILAR- No. 14-72683 ORELLANA, AKA Victor Aguilar, AKA Victor Manuel Orellana Aguilar, Agency No. A095-729-459 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 26, 2016** Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Victor Manue
Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 3 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT VICTOR MANUEL AGUILAR- No. 14-72683 ORELLANA, AKA Victor Aguilar, AKA Victor Manuel Orellana Aguilar, Agency No. A095-729-459 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 26, 2016** Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Victor Manuel..
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 3 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
VICTOR MANUEL AGUILAR- No. 14-72683
ORELLANA, AKA Victor Aguilar, AKA
Victor Manuel Orellana Aguilar, Agency No. A095-729-459
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM*
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 26, 2016**
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Victor Manuel Aguilar-Orellana, 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
*
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).
application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention
Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Zehatye v.
Gonzales,
453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny in part and dismiss
in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Aguilar-Orellana failed
to establish his past experiences with gang members in El Salvador rose to the
level of persecution, see Hoxha v. Ashcroft,
319 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2003),
or that it is more likely than not he would be persecuted in El Salvador on account
of a protected ground, see Parussimova v. Mukasey,
555 F.3d 734, 740-41 (9th Cir.
2009). We lack jurisdiction to consider the particular social group Aguilar-
Orellana proposes for the first time in his opening brief. See Barron v. Ashcroft,
358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004) (petitioner must exhaust claim in
administrative proceedings below). Thus, Aguilar-Orellana’s withholding of
removal claim fails.
Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s denial of Aguilar-Orellana’s
CAT claim because he failed to establish that it is more likely than not that he
would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if
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returned to El Salvador. See Silaya v. Mukasey,
524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.
2008).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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