Case Name: Luiz Maurilio DE SOUZA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-12
Citations: 584 F. App'x 782
Docket Number: No. 11-71171
Parties: Luiz Maurilio DE SOUZA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 782–782

Head Matter:
Luiz Maurilio DE SOUZA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71171.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 27, 2014
Filed Sept. 12, 2014.
Mindy Reynolds, Pocatello, ID, for Petitioner.
OIL, Matt Crapo, Song Park, 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, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, 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
Luiz Maurilio de Souza petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his claims for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny the petition for review. Because the parties are familiar with the history of this case, we need not recount it here.
When, as here, the BIA adopts an IJ's reasoning, we review both decisions. Paramasamy v. Ashcroft, 295 F.3d 1047, 1050 (9th Cir.2002). We review questions of law de novo. Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106, 1113 (9th Cir.2013). "[T]he BIA's purely factual determinations [are reviewed] for substantial evidence." Id. The BIA's determination of eligibility will stand unless "no reasonable factfinder could find the petitioner ineligible for [relief]." Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000).
With respect to his claim for withholding of removal, substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Maurilio de Souza did not establish past persecution. See id. at 933-36. Further, the record does not compel the conclusion that Maurilio de Souza demonstrated that it is more likely than not that he will be persecuted by or with the acquiescence of the Brazilian government. Id. at 938.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Maurilio de Souza did not show a likelihood greater than fifty percent that he will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the Brazilian government upon returning to Brazil. Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1068 (9th Cir.2009).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. Because we affirm the BIA on the lack of past or future persecution, we do not reach the social group issue.