Case Name: Cristobal TAMBRIZ-TZEP, aka Cristobal Tambriz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-11-25
Citations: 623 F. App'x 457
Docket Number: No. 13-73357
Parties: Cristobal TAMBRIZ-TZEP, aka Cristobal Tambriz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 623
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
Cristobal TAMBRIZ-TZEP, aka Cristobal Tambriz, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-73357.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2015.
Filed Nov. 25, 2015.
Cristobal Tambriz-Tzep, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Michael Christopher Heyse, Trial, OIL, 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: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Cristobal Tambriz-Tzep, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision de nying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We review for abuse of discretion a particularly serious crime determination. Arbid v. Holder, 700 F.3d 379, 385 (9th Cir.2012); Ceron v. Holder, 747 F.3d 773, 784-85 (9th Cir.2014) (en banc) (setting aside prior case law holding that assault with a deadly weapon is a crime involving moral turpitude). We deny, the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in determining that Tambriz-Tzep's conviction under California Penal Code § 245(a)(1) constitutes a particularly serious crime where the agency properly analyzed "the nature of the conviction, the underlying facts and circumstances and the sentence imposed." Delgado v. Holder, 648 F.3d 1095, 1107 (9th Cir.2011) (en banc).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture because Tamb'riz-Tzep failed to establish that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Guatemala. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).
Tambriz-Tzep's request that we hold his case in abeyance is denied as moot.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.