Doe
Doe v. Bondi
Opinion
Opinion
facts, we do not recount them here. We deny the petition for review.
1. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of CAT protection. To
establish entitlement to CAT protection, Petitioner must “prove that it is more
likely than not that he . . . would be tortured if removed to the proposed country . . .
[a]nd that torture must be inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or
acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.”
Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Garland, 69 F.4th 1012, 1023 (9th Cir. 2023) (internal
quotation marks and citation omitted). The BIA and IJ considered Petitioner’s fear
of harm from members of the Wild Bunch (“WB”) gang, members of other gangs
in Jamaica, corrupt police officers collaborating with gangs, and officials acting
under the state of emergency in the aggregate and found Petitioner’s fear of torture
to be impermissibly speculative and not particularized. The BIA and IJ reasonably
considered the significant length of time since Petitioner was last harmed by the
24-4728 WB or had any encounters with government officials in Jamaica and reasonably
found the…