OMAR RODRIGUEZ ALFARO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS, III, No. 16-73735 (9th Cir. 2018)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED SEP 20 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT OMAR RODRIGUEZ ALFARO, AKA Omar Abel Rodriguez, AKA Omar Abel Rodriguezalfaro, No. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 16-73735 Agency No. A207-018-420 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted September 12, 2018** Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. Omar Rodriguez Alfaro, 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 * 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 Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Edu v. Holder, 624 F.3d 1137, 1142 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of deferral of removal under CAT because Rodriguez Alfaro failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government of Mexico. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir. 2011) (possibility of torture too speculative); Delgado-Ortiz v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir. 2010) (generalized evidence of violence and crime in Mexico not particular to petitioners was insufficient to establish CAT eligibility). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 16-73735

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