Castellanos-Santiago

MEMORANDUM **

Yuvani Isaac Castellanos-Santiago is a native and citizen of Mexico. In petition No. 06-70390, he seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision that denied his application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In petition No. 06-72681, Castellanos-San-tiago seeks review of a second BIA order that denied his motion to reopen and reconsider the denial of his cancellation application Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the factual findings underlying the denial of withholding and CAT protection for substantial evidence See Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir.1995); Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1193 (9th Cir. 2003). We review the denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider for abuse of discretion. See Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny petition for review No. 06-70390. We deny in part, and dismiss in part petition for review No. 06-72681.

With respect to petition No. 06-70390, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s denial of withholding of removal because the record does not compel a…