Case Name: Keney Amadeus PANIAGUA-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-09-26
Citations: 143 F. App'x 905
Docket Number: No. 04-71683
Parties: Keney Amadeus PANIAGUA-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT, RYMER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 143
Pages: 905–906

Head Matter:
Keney Amadeus PANIAGUA-MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-71683.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 12, 2005.
Decided Sept. 26, 2005.
Phyllis A. Beech, Beech Law Firm, Fresno, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Anthony W. Norwood, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Brian P. McLaughlin, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.
Before: REINHARDT, RYMER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Keney Amadeus Paniagua-Maldonado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") affirmance of the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of 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 deny the petition.
Even assuming Paniagua-Maldonado was credible, substantial evidence supports the denial of his asylum claim because he did not demonstrate that the single attack that he experienced in 1994 was on account of an imputed political opinion or social group membership. See Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 865 (9th Cir.2001).
Because Paniagua-Maldonado failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, he necessarily fails to satisfy the standard for withholding of removal. See id. at 868.
Paniagua-Maldonado also failed to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to Guatemala. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1230 (9th Cir.2002).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.