Crisoforo Garcia-Feria v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Crisoforo Anselmo Garda-Feria, 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 denying his application for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“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), and we review de novo due process claims, Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of Gareia-Feria’s CAT claim because he failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Mexico. See Blandino-Medina, 712 F.3d at 1348 (affirming denial of CAT relief where the petitioner “merely presented a series of worst-case scenarios”); Alphonsus v. Holder, 705 F.3d 1031, 1049 (9th Cir. 2013) (despite troubling country report, record did not compel the conclusion that petitioner would more likely than not be tortured). We reject Garcia-Feria’s contentions that the BIA mischar-aeterized or failed to…