Case Name: Juan Jose HUARACA-MARTIN, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-22
Citations: 713 F. App'x 570
Docket Number: No. 16-70636
Parties: Juan Jose HUARACA-MARTIN, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 713
Pages: 570–571

Head Matter:
Juan Jose HUARACA-MARTIN, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 16-70636
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted February 13, 2018
Filed February 22, 2018
Nicole R. Derden, Law Office of Nicole R. Derden, Eagle, ID, for Petitioner
Kristin Moresi, Trial Attorney, Jennifer A. Singer, Jennifer Parker Levings, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, 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
Juan Jose Huaraca-Martin, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and 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. Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1151 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Huaraca-Martin established changed circumstances to excuse his untimely asylum application. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4); Toj-Culpatan v. Holder, 612 F.3d 1088, 1091-92 (9th Cir. 2010). The agency did not err in its analysis of whether Huaraca-Martin demonstrated changed or extraordinary circumstances. See Carrillo-Gonzalez v. INS, 353 F.3d 1077, 1079 (9th Cir. 2003) (attorney's arguments are not evidence).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's conclusion that Huaraca-Martin did not establish past persecution from the Shining Path. See Nahrvani, 399 F.3d at 1154 (record did not compel the conclusion that petitioner's past harm constituted persecution). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's conclusion that Huara-ca-Martin failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be persecuted if returned to Peru. See Mansour v. Ashcroft, 390 F.3d 667, 673 (9th Cir. 2004) (record did not demonstrate that petitioner had an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution). Thus, Huaraea-Martin's withholding of removal claim fails.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Huaraca-Martin failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be tortured with the consent or acquiescence of the government of Peru. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1047 (2009); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir. 2009) (no likelihood of torture).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.