Case Name: Salvador GUILLEN-RICO, a.k.a. Salvador Rico-Cardona, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-31
Citations: 457 F. App'x 610
Docket Number: No. 10-72611
Parties: Salvador GUILLEN-RICO, a.k.a. Salvador Rico-Cardona, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TROTT, GOULD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 457
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
Salvador GUILLEN-RICO, a.k.a. Salvador Rico-Cardona, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72611.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 25, 2011.
Filed Oct. 31, 2011.
Salvador Rico-Cardona, Florence, AZ, pro se.
OIL, Tim Ramnitz, Trial, Julia Tyler, Esquire, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, 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: TROTT, GOULD, and RAWLINSON, 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
Salvador Guillen-Rico, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal's order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal ("IJ") order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo constitutional claims and questions of law, and review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Khan v. Holder, 584 F.3d 773, 776 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.
The IJ correctly applied the modified categorical approach to determine that Guillen-Rieo's conviction under Nevada Revised Statutes § 453.401 for conspiracy to sell methamphetamine is an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(U) that rendered Guillen-Rico removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). See Rendon v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 967, 975-76 (9th Cir.2008). The IJ therefore did not err in concluding that Guillen-Rico was ineligible for asylum, see 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(B)®, cancellation of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(3), and voluntary departure, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(b)(l)(C).
Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of Guillen-Rico's applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture because he failed to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that he will be persecuted on account of a protected ground, or tortured, if he returns to Mexico. See Delgado-Ortiz v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir.2010) ("Petitioners' generalized evidence of violence and crime in Mexico is not particular to Petitioners and is insufficient to meet this standard.").
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.