Leopoldo Selva v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Leopoldo E. Selva, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ orders dismissing his appeals from an immigration judge’s decisions denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and pretermit-ting his applications for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, and review de novo questions of law. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of withholding of removal because the record does not compel the conclusion that it is more likely than not Selva will suffer future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Robleto-Pastora v. Holder, 591 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th Cir.2010) (no likelihood of future persecution where the petitioner “presented no evidence indicating that the current administration [in Nicaragua] persecutes ... family members of those who opposed the Sandinistas more than twenty years ago”); Nahrvani v.…