Navarrete

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE GUADALUPE NAVARRETE, No. 24-2776 Agency No. Petitioner,

A092-443-293

v.

OPINION

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Department of Homeland Security

Argued and Submitted February 17, 2026 San Francisco, California

Filed March 23, 2026

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Richard R. Clifton, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bade SUMMARY*

Immigration

The panel dismissed Guadalupe Navarrete Pelagio’s petition for review of an immigration judge’s order affirming a negative reasonable-fear determination, holding that a petition for review advancing a standalone claim for review of the denial of relief from removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) is not sufficient to invoke the court’s jurisdiction. Navarrete was removed pursuant to an expedited order of removal and that order was later reinstated. In reinstatement proceedings, the immigration judge affirmed an asylum officer’s conclusion that Navarrete did not have a reasonable fear of torture if returned to Mexico. When Navarrete…