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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 25 2016
                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 JOSE LUIS NUNEZ,                                  No. 13-74113

              Petitioner,                          Agency No. A075-527-820

    v.
                                                   MEMORANDUM*
 LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

              Respondent.

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

                              Submitted March 15, 2016**

Before:        GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

         Jose Luis Nunez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of

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

immigration judge’s decision denying his application for protection under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §

         *
             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).
1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Silaya v.

Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for

review.

      Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of Nunez’s CAT claim

because he failed to show that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured

by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to El

Salvador. See id. at 1073. Thus, we deny the petition as to Nunez’s CAT claim.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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