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Ahmad Awad GHNAIMAT, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 08-72585.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 10, 2012.
    
    Filed April 23, 2012.
    Ahmed M. Abdallah, Esquire, Hollywood, CA, for Petitioner.
    Richard M. Evans, Esquire, Assistant Director, Tim Ramnitz, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: FERNANDEZ and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and BLOCK, District Judge.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       The Honorable Frederic Block, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Ahmad Awad Ghnaimat, a native and citizen of Jordan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his motion to reopen for the purpose of asserting relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition.

Ghnaimat failed to spell out a prima facie case that if he was returned to Jordan, it was more likely than not that he would be tortured (subjected to severe mental pain or suffering) by or with the acquiescence of public officials in Jordan. Therefore, the BIA did not abuse its discretion when it denied reopening.

Petition DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     
      
      . United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted Dec. 10, 1984, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20 (1988), 1465 U.N.T.S. 85, implemented at 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18.
     
      
      . See Azanor v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1013, 1018 (9th Cir.2004).
     
      
      . See id.
      
     
      
      . See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18(a)(l)-(5).
     
      
      . See Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir.2009); Arteaga v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 940, 948-49 (9th Cir.2007).
     
      
      . See Azanor, 364 F.3d at 1018.
     
      
      . See, e.g., El Himri v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 932, 934-35, 938 (9th Cir.2004); Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1229, 1230 (9th Cir.2002).