Case Name: Hector Arnoldo MOLINA, Petitioner, v. Dana J. BOENTE, Acting Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-06
Citations: 675 F. App'x 660
Docket Number: No. 14-72539
Parties: Hector Arnoldo MOLINA, Petitioner, v. Dana J. BOENTE, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 675
Pages: 660–661

Head Matter:
Hector Arnoldo MOLINA, Petitioner, v. Dana J. BOENTE, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-72539
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Claudia Jasmine Lopez, Esquire, Attorney, Law Offices of Claudia Lopez, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner
OIL, Annette Marie Wietecha, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, 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
Hector Amoldo Molina, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for asylum, 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), and review de novo due process claims, Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198 (9th Cir. 2012). We deny the petition for review.
We reject Molina's contentions based on streamlining because the BIA did not streamline his case.
Molina does not contest the BIA's determination that he did not challenge the IJ's conclusion that he was statutorily ineligible for asylum.
Molina testified that although his family had problems with guerrillas during the 1980s, he was never physically harmed in Guatemala, and he was not sure if he would be harmed or tortured if returned. Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Molina failed to demonstrate he was persecuted in Guatemala. See Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir. 2000) ("Threats standing alone . constitute past persecution in only a small category of cases, and only when the threats are so menacing as to cause significant actual suffering or harm.") (internal quotation and citation omitted). Substantial evidence also supports the agency's conclusion that Molina failed to show it is more likely than not he will be persecuted in returned. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir. 2003) (possibility of persecution too speculative). Thus, we deny the petition as to Molina's withholding of removal claim.
Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because Molina failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government in Guatemala. See Silaya, 524 F.3d at 1073.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.