FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 26 2016

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JESUS JOSE GONZALEZ-ONTIVEROS, No. 14-70794 AKA Jesus Jose Gonzalez, Agency No. A094-373-069 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted January 20, 2016**

Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Jesus Jose Gonzalez-Ontiveros, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal

from an immigration judge’s decision finding him removable and denying his

applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252. We deny the petition for review.

Gonzalez-Ontiveros does not meaningfully challenge the BIA’s denial of

CAT relief or the BIA’s dispositive determination that he failed to establish a

particular social group for an asylum or withholding of removal claim. See

Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not

supported by argument are deemed abandoned).

We decline Gonzalez-Ontiveros’ request to extend the holding in Desir v.

Ilchert, 840 F.2d 723 (9th Cir. 1988) to the situation in Mexico and Gonzalez-

Ontiveros’ distinguishable claims.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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