Case Name: Josue MARIN-MOLINA, a.k.a. Joshue Marin Molina, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-30
Citations: 581 F. App'x 670
Docket Number: No. 12-72617
Parties: Josue MARIN-MOLINA, a.k.a. Joshue Marin Molina, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 581
Pages: 670–670

Head Matter:
Josue MARIN-MOLINA, a.k.a. Joshue Marin Molina, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-72617.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 25, 2014.
Filed June 30, 2014.
Matthew Harrison Green, Esquire, Law Offices of Matthew H. Green, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner.
Kristen Giuffreda Chapman, Trial, 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, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, 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
Josué Marin-Molina, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for deferral of removal 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, Singh v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.
Marin-Molina does not claim he was tortured in the past, but fears torture in Mexico primarily due his grandfather's anti-drug activities as municipal president over 20 years ago, and because he has tattoos. Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of Marin-Molina's CAT claim because he failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured if returned to Mexico. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir.2011) (concluding the record did not compel reversal of the agency's denial of CAT where the petitioner's claims of possible torture remained speculative). We reject Marin-Molina's contentions that the agency ignored evidence, see Almaghzar v. Gonzales, 457 F.3d 915, 922 (9th Cir.2006), or otherwise erred in analyzing his claim.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.