Case Name: Roberto MONTANO DE JESUS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-07
Citations: 437 F. App'x 536
Docket Number: No. 09-70716
Parties: Roberto MONTANO DE JESUS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 437
Pages: 536–536

Head Matter:
Roberto MONTANO DE JESUS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-70716.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 24, 2011.
Filed June 7, 2011.
Roberto Montano De Jesus, San Lean-dro, CA, pro se.
Jeffrey Lawrence Menkin, OIL, 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: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, 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
Roberto Montano de Jesus, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Lemus-Galvan v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 1081, 1084 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of deferral of removal because Montano de Jesus did not establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to El Salvador. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2), 1208.17(a) (deferral of removal requires alien to show it is more likely than not he would be tortured).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.