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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       OCT 19 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ISRAEL HUMBERTO ARRASCUE                        No. 21-835
PEDREROS,                                       Agency No.
                                                A201-603-016
             Petitioner,

 v.                                             MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

             Respondent.

                     On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                         Board of Immigration Appeals

                           Submitted October 10, 2023**

Before:      S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      Israel Humberto Arrascue Pedreros, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions

pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing

his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against

Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for

abuse of discretion the agency’s particularly serious crime determination.

Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch, 800 F.3d 1072, 1077 (9th Cir. 2015). We review

for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Conde Quevedo v. Barr,

947 F.3d 1238, 1241 (9th Cir. 2020). We deny the petition for review.

      The agency did not abuse its discretion in determining that Arrascue

Pedreros’ 2020 conviction was a particularly serious crime that barred him from

asylum and withholding of removal, where the agency considered the correct

factors. See Avendano-Hernandez, 800 F.3d at 1077 (“Our review is limited to

ensuring that the agency relied on the appropriate factors and proper evidence to

reach this conclusion.” (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted)); Anaya-

Ortiz v. Holder, 594 F.3d 673, 678 (9th Cir. 2010) (“[A]ll reliable information may

be considered in making a particularly serious crime determination . . . .” (internal

quotation marks omitted)). Thus, Arrascue Pedreros’ asylum and withholding of

removal claims fail.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT deferral of

removal because Arrascue Pedreros failed to show it is more likely than not he will

be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to

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Peru. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1047 (9th Cir. 2009); Zheng v. Holder,

644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir. 2011) (possibility of torture too speculative).

      We do not consider the materials Arrascue Pedreros references in his

opening brief that are not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79

F.3d 955, 963-64 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc).

      Arrascue Pedreros’ contention that portions of the certified administrative

record should be struck for lack of authentication is not properly before the court

because he failed to raise the issue before the BIA. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1)

(exhaustion of administrative remedies required); see also Santos-Zacaria v.

Garland, 598 U.S. 411, 417-19 (2023) (section 1252(d)(1) is a non-jurisdictional

claim-processing rule).

      The motion to strike (Docket Entry No. 22) is therefore denied.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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