Case Name: Oscar Humberto HIGUEROS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-03
Citations: 582 F. App'x 692
Docket Number: No. 11-71380
Parties: Oscar Humberto HIGUEROS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 582
Pages: 692–693

Head Matter:
Oscar Humberto HIGUEROS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71380.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 25, 2014.
Filed July 3, 2014.
Matthew Harrison Green, Esquire, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner.
Kiley L. Kane, Esquire, Trial, Oil, DOJ — 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: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, 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
Oscar Humberto Higueros, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, Tapia Madrigal v. Holder, 716 F.3d 499, 503 (9th Cir.2013), and we grant the petition for review and remand.
In assessing Higueros's fear of torture, the BIA acknowledged the evidence showed the existence of "rogue officials" in Guatemala, and found the existence of rogue officials "cannot be used" to demonstrate that government officials would acquiesce to any torture of Higueros. The BIA's finding is not supported, see Tapia Madrigal, 716 F.3d at 509-10 ("[A]n application for CAT relief need not show that the entire foreign government would consent to or acquiesce in his torture. He need show only that 'a public official' would so acquiesce."), and its analysis is otherwise not clear, see Recinos De Leon v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 1185, 1189 (9th Cir. 2005) ("When the agency's reasoning is indiscernible, the courts cannot exercise their duty of review, and instead must remand to the agency.") (internal citations and quotation omitted). Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand Higueros's CAT claim for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002).
In light of our disposition, we do address Higueros's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.