NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FERNANDO AGUIRRE

- URBINA,

Petitioner,

v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

Respondent. No. 17

- 72602 Agency No. A087

- 594

- 874

MEMORANDUM *

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted March 14, 2019 San Francisco, California Before: M. SMITH, WATFORD, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Fernando Aguirre

- Urbina, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from the denial by an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) of (1) his motion to terminate removal proceedings based on mental incompetency ; and (2) his applications for withhol ding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”)

. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition for review as to

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

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the motion to terminate, but grant it as to the withholding and CAT claim s
. 1. The IJ did not deny Aguirre due process by proceeding with the removal hearing after finding him incompetent

. The IJ adopted appropriate procedural safeguards to ensure fair

ness , assuring that Aguirre had counsel and allowing him to testify with the aid of notes. See Mejia v. Sessions , 868 F.3d 1118, 1121 (9th Cir. 2017); Matter of M

- A

- M

- , 25 I. & N. Dec. 474, 476

– 83 (BIA 2011). The IJ was not required to terminate the removal proceeding bec ause Aguirre was not restored to competency ; instead, only “procedural fairness is required.” M

- A

- M

- , 25 I. & N.
Dec. at 479; see also Nee Hao Wong v. INS , 550 F.2d 521, 523 (9th Cir. 1977) (“The Immigration and Naturalization Act contemplates that deportation proceedings may be had against mental incompetents.”)

. 2. In co ncluding that Aguirre failed to establish that it is more likely than not that he will be torture d if returned to Mexico , the BIA relied only on Aguirre’s 2014
test imony. I t did not consider a 2016 declaration from Aguirre detailing more recent threats

. T he BIA thus committed an error of law by failing to consider all relevant evidence , and we grant the petition for review as to the CAT claim and remand to allow it to do so

. See Parada v. Sessions , 902 F.3d 901, 914

– 15 (9th Cir. 2018).
3. The IJ erred by not considering Aguirre’s mental health in determining whether his conviction for possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance was a particularly serious crime making him ineligible for withholding of removal

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Although Agui rre did not exhaust this argument in the agency proceedings , we have jurisdiction because it was not available “as of right” when the IJ and BIA issued their decision s
. See Sun v. Ashcroft , 370 F.3d 932, 942

– 43 (9th Cir. 2004); 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1)

. At those times , BIA case law dictated that “an alien’s mental health is not a factor to be considered in assessing whether he or she has been convicted of a particularly serious crime.” Matter of G

- G

- S

- , 26 I. & N. Dec. 339, 347 (BIA 2014). But, we subseque ntly held that mental health is relevant to the determination.
See Gomez

- Sanchez v. Sessions , 892 F.3d 985, 995

– 96 (9th Cir. 2018). We therefore grant the petition to allow the BIA to make the particularly serious crime determination. See Anaya

- Ortiz v. Holder , 594 F.3d 673, 676 (9th Cir. 2010) (noting that this Court has no jurisdiction to make the determination, only to determine whether the BIA applied the correct legal standard)

. PETITION GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Each party to bear its own costs.