Freddy Davila v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Freddy Martin Davila, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s decision denying his application for deferral of removal under CAT. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Blandino-Medina v. Holder, 712 F.3d 1338, 1348 (9th Cir.2013). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Davila failed to demonstrate it was more likely than not he would be subjected to torture if returned to Nicaragua. See id. (upholding denial of CAT relief where petitioner presented a series of worst-case scenarios rather than presenting hard evidence of a clear probability of torture based on family’s previous association with the Somoza regime); see also Robleto-Pastora v. Holder, 591 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th Cir.2010) (affirming denial of CAT relief where petitioner presented “no evidence” of a likelihood of torture in Nicaragua.). We reject Davila’s attempts to distinguish Blandino-Medina and Robleto-Pastora , and we reject his contention that the BIA failed to…