Case Name: Jorge Ezequiel VALDEZ-BONILLA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-08
Citations: 419 F. App'x 755
Docket Number: No. 09-72240
Parties: Jorge Ezequiel VALDEZ-BONILLA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 419
Pages: 755–756

Head Matter:
Jorge Ezequiel VALDEZ-BONILLA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72240.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2011.
Filed March 8, 2011.
Christopher John Stender, Esquire, Immigration Practice Group, A Professional Corporation, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, John M. McAdams, Jr., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Ezequiel Valdez-Bonilla, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Cere-zo v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 1163, 1166 (9th Cir.2008), except to the extent that deference is owed to the BIA's determination of the governing statutes and regulations, Si-meonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 535 (9th Cir.2004). We review for substantial evi dence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 458 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.
We reject Valdez-Bonilla's claim that he is eligible for asylum and withholding of removal based on his membership in a particular social group, namely, victims of gang recruitment. See Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 744-46 (9th Cir. 2008) (rejecting as a particular social group "young men in El Salvador resisting gang -violence"); Ramos-Lopez v. Holder, 563 F.3d 855, 860-62 (9th Cir.2009) (rejecting as a particular social group "young Honduran men who have been recruited by [a gang], but who refuse to join"). Valdez-Bonilla's social visibility argument is foreclosed by our decision in Santos-Le-mus, 542 F.3d at 744-46.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of Valdez-Bonilla's CAT claim because he failed to show it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if he returns to El Salvador. See id. at 747-48.
Finally, we reject Valdez-Bonilla's claim under the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ("TVPRA"), Pub.L. 110-457, because he is not eligible for relief. See 6 U.S.C. § 279(g)(2)(C)©.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.