Toj-Culpatan

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner, Rogelio Toj-Culpatan, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Petitioner’s request for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We analyze Petitioner’s contentions related to his asylum application in an accompanying opinion. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we recite them only as necessary to our disposition.

We review the factual findings underlying a denial of withholding of removal and deferral of removal for substantial evidence. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Muradin v. Gonzales, 494 F.3d 1208, 1210 (9th Cir.2007). Findings of fact are “conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B).

An alien is entitled to withholding of removal if he proves it is more likely than not that his “life or freedom would be threatened in that country because of the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or…