Case Name: Ahmed Zzizinga MUYINGO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent; Ahmed Zzizinga Muyingo, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-01-05
Citations: 216 F. App'x 695
Docket Number: Nos. 04-76577, 05-73249
Parties: Ahmed Zzizinga MUYINGO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. Ahmed Zzizinga Muyingo, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 216
Pages: 695–696

Head Matter:
Ahmed Zzizinga MUYINGO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. Ahmed Zzizinga Muyingo, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Respondent.
Nos. 04-76577, 05-73249.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 2006.
Filed Jan. 5, 2007.
Jessica Boell, Esq., Immigrant Law Group LLP, Portland, OR, for Petitioner.
Ahmed Zzizinga Muyingo, Tacoma, WA, pro se.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Portland, OR, Greg D. Mack, Esq., Robbin K. Blaya, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: FARRIS, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ahmed Zzizinga Muyingo appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' order denying his claim for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. Muyingo claims that the record compels a finding that he will more likely than not be subject to torture if removed to Uganda.
To obtain relief, Muyingo must prove "that it is more likely than not that he . . would be tortured if removed" to Uganda. Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1216 (9th Cir.2005) (quoting Al-Saher v. INS, 268 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir.2001)) (alteration in original). The record supports the BIA's conclusion that Muyingo failed to meet this burden. Despite his claims of torture some two decades ago, nothing suggests that he is currently marked for torture. Moreover, the administrative record indicates that Uganda has a successful amnesty program for past political opponents. See Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Dep't of State, Uganda—Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions 6 (1997). To the extent that later country reports contained in the record discuss the continued abuse and torture of political detainees, these reports make no mention of the group in which Muyingo claims to have participated.
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.