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Cesar GONZALES-SOLIS, a.k.a Cesar Gonzales, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    Nos. 08-70381, 09-70014.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 19, 2010.
    
    Filed July 29, 2010.
    Cesar Gonzales-Solis, Seattle, WA, pro se.
    OIL, Regan Hildebrand, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Esquire, Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
    Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

In these consolidated petitions for review, Cesar Gonzales-Solis, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) orders dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying relief from removal, and denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and due process claims, Ram v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 1238, 1241 (9th Cir.2008), and review for substantial evidence the BIA’s denial of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), Lemus-Galvan v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 1081, 1084 (9th Cir.2008). We deny the petitions for review.

Gonzales-Solis’ 2004 conviction for delivery of cocaine is an aggravated felony, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B); Rendon v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 967, 974-75 (9th Cir.2008) (state drug crime is an aggravated felony if it contains a trafficking element), rendering him ineligible for asylum, withholding of removal, withholding under the CAT, and cancellation of removal, see Rendon, 520 F.3d at 976; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(4), (d)(2).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of deferral of removal under the CAT on the ground that Gonzales-Solis did not establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Guatemala. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.16(c)(2)(3), 1208.17(a) (deferral of removal requires alien to show it is more likely than not he would be tortured).

Gonzales-Solis’ due process claims fail because he has not established prejudice. See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).

Gonzales-Solis has waived any challenge to the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen as untimely. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).

The government’s motion to dismiss is denied.

PETITIONS FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided'by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.