Case Name: Milton Antonio GUERRA-MORALES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-06-30
Citations: 606 F. App'x 401
Docket Number: No. 11-72885
Parties: Milton Antonio GUERRA-MORALES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 606
Pages: 401–401

Head Matter:
Milton Antonio GUERRA-MORALES, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-72885.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 22, 2015.
Filed June 30, 2015.
Victoria L. Argumedo, Esquire, Law Offices of Victoria L. Argumedo, Stephen Shaiken, Law Office of Stephen Shaiken, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Lisa Morinelli, 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, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Milton Antonio Guerra-Morales, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection 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, Rahimzadeh v. Holder, 613 F.3d 916, 920 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.
The record does not compel the conclusion that Guerra-Morales established the government of El Salvador was or would be unable or unwilling to protect him. See id. (an applicant for asylum and withholding of removal bears the burden of establishing that the government would be unwilling or unable to control private actors); see also Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2005). (record does not compel a contrary conclusion where police investigated reports of mistreatment but were unable to solve crimes). Thus, we deny the petition as to Guerra-Morales's asylum and withholding of removal claims.
Guerra-Morales does not challenge the BIA's denial of his CAT claim. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party's opening brief are waived).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.