Case Name: Manuel Torres FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-04
Citations: 234 F. App'x 465
Docket Number: No. 05-75769
Parties: Manuel Torres FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 234
Pages: 465–466

Head Matter:
Manuel Torres FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-75769.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 16, 2007.
Filed June 4, 2007.
Prashanthi Rangan, Korenberg Abramowitz & Feldun, A Law Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Petitioner.
Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Diego, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Mark L. Gross, Esq., David White, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division/Appellate Section, Mark P. Walters, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Manuel Torres Fernandez, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision, affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order denying his application for withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.
When, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ's decision directly. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence, Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review in part, grant the petition in part, and remand.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's denial of CAT relief because Fernandez did not establish that is more likely than not that he would be tortured if returned to the Philippines. See Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1194-95 (9th Cir.2003).
Because the IJ failed to set forth findings as to whether Fernandez suffered past persecution, which would give rise to a presumption that he is entitled to withholding of removal, see Baballah v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1067, 1079 (9th Cir.2004), we grant the petition for review with regard to Fernandez's withholding of removal claim, and remand the case to the BIA for further proceedings. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part, GRANTED in part, and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.