Case Name: Ivan CHAPARRO-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-01-15
Citations: 638 F. App'x 607
Docket Number: No. 12-73510
Parties: Ivan CHAPARRO-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, NOONAN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 638
Pages: 607–609

Head Matter:
Ivan CHAPARRO-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-73510.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 8, 2016.
Filed Jan. 15, 2016.
Christopher John Stender, Esquire, Federal Immigration Counselors, AZ, PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.
OIL, Brooke Maurer, Trial, 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: WALLACE, NOONAN, and BERZON, 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
Ivan Chaparro-Garcia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (Board) final order affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his application for deferral of removal under Article III of the Convention Against Torture (CAT). When the Board affirms the immigration judge's order without opinion, we review the I J's decision as the final agency action, Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 999 (9th Cir.2005), and review the IJ's determination of purely legal questions de novo. Id. We deny the petition for review.
[1] To qualify for relief under the CAT, Chaparro-Garcia must establish that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured if returned to Mexico. 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2); Go v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1047, 1053 (9th Cir.2011). Chaparro-Garcia's generalized evidence of violence and crime in Mexico is not particular to Cha-parro-Garcia as an "Americanized Mexican," or a former co-defendant of unknown criminals, and is insufficient to meet this standard. Delgado-Ortiz v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir.2010). Chaparro-Garcia also failed to demonstrate that he would more likely than not be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18(a)(1); Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1216 (9th Cir.2005).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Chaparro-Garcia failed to show he was eligible for CAT relief. See Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1193 (9th Cir.2003). Chaparro-Garcia, though found credible by the IJ in his fear of his past co-defendants, does not know their names or whether they are in Mexico or the United States, and has not been threatened by them in the past.
The evidence does not compel the conclusion that Chaparro-Garcia would be tortured upon return to Mexico because he is an "Americanized Mexican" or would be targeted by his past co-defendants.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.