FAUSTO RENATO QUEVEDO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS, No. 16-70507 (9th Cir. 2017)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 16 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FAUSTO RENATO QUEVEDO, Petitioner, No. 16-70507 Agency No. A072-516-171 v. MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 14, 2017** Pasadena, California Before: KOZINSKI, HAWKINS and PARKER,*** Circuit Judges. To qualify for Convention Against Torture relief a petitioner must show that “it is more likely than not that he . . . would be tortured if removed to the proposed * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation. page 2 country of removal.” 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2). The IJ didn’t err by finding that Quevedo failed to meet this standard. Substantial evidence supported the IJ’s determination that the beating Quevedo suffered wasn’t torture. See Ahmed v. Keisler, 504 F.3d 1183, 1201 (9th Cir. 2007). His later peaceful interaction with Guatemalan police further demonstrates that he’s unlikely to be tortured if returned to Guatemala. DENIED.

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