Case Name: Julio Armando Rosales ZARCENO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-11-01
Citations: 670 F. App'x 475
Docket Number: No. 15-70633
Parties: Julio Armando Rosales ZARCENO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 670
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
Julio Armando Rosales ZARCENO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-70633
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 25, 2016
Filed November 1, 2016
Jamahl Calvin Kersey, Esquire, The Law Office of Jamahl C. Kersey, ESQ., San Diego, CA, for Petitioner
Jesse David Lorenz, Esquire, Trial Attorney, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent
Before: LEAVY, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, 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
Julio Armando Rosales Zarceño, 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 ("IJ") decision denying his motion for a continuance, and denying his application for 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. Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a continuance and review de novo due process claims. Cruz Rendon v. Holder, 608 F.3d 1104, 1109 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in affirming the IJ's denial of Rosales Zarce-no's request for a continuance. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29 (an IJ may grant a continuance for good cause shown); Garcia v. Lynch, 798 F.3d 876, 881 (9th Cir. 2015). Thus, Rosales Zarceno's related due process claim also fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).
Even if credible, substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Rosales Zarceño failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be persecuted on account of a protected ground. See Parussimova v. Mukasey, 555 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2009) (the REAL ID Act "requires that a protected ground represent 'one central reason' for an asylum applicant's persecution"). Thus, we deny the petition as to Rosales Zarceno's withholding of removal claim. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1015-16 (9th Cir. 2010).
Finally, substantial evidence supports the BIA's denial of Rosales Zarceno's CAT claim because he has not shown it is more likely than not he would be tortured by the government of El Salvador or with its consent or acqüiescence. See Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026, 1034-35 (9th Cir. 2014).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.