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Flores-Solis v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Aug 16, 2017
No. 15-70957 (9th Cir. Aug. 16, 2017)

Opinion

No. 15-70957

08-16-2017

LUIS GONZALO FLORES-SOLIS, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A011-323-102 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Luis Gonzalo Flores-Solis, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for deferral of removal 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, Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Flores-Solis failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the Mexican government. S ee id. at 1073; Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir. 2011) (finding that the petitioner's claims of possible torture were speculative and therefore did not compel reversal).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Flores-Solis v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Aug 16, 2017
No. 15-70957 (9th Cir. Aug. 16, 2017)
Case details for

Flores-Solis v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:LUIS GONZALO FLORES-SOLIS, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Aug 16, 2017

Citations

No. 15-70957 (9th Cir. Aug. 16, 2017)