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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JUL 22 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PRUDENSIO CALMO-PABLO,                           No. 10-71993

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A088-734-224

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted July 12, 2011 **

Before:        SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN , and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

       Prudensio Calmo-Pablo, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from the

immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence

the agency’s factual findings. Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th

Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.

      In his opening brief, Calmo-Pablo does not challenge the agency’s

dispositive denial of his asylum claim as untimely. Accordingly, Calmo-Pablo’s

asylum claim fails. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.

1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed abandoned).

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Calmo-Pablo failed

to establish past persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.

2003). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Calmo-Pablo

failed to establish it is more likely than not he will be persecuted if returned to

Guatemala. See Nagoulko, 333 F.3d at 1018; Ladha v. INS, 215 F.3d 889, 897 (9th

Cir. 2000) (petitioner must provide credible, direct, and specific evidence in the

record of facts that would support a reasonable fear of persecution). Accordingly,

Calmo-Pablo’s withholding of removal claim fails.

      Finally, substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Calmo-Pablo

failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by or with the

acquiescence of a government official in Guatemala. See Arteaga v. Mukasey, 511

F.3d 940, 948-49 (9th Cir. 2007). Accordingly, his CAT claim fails.

                                                                                  10-71993
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

                              10-71993