NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 31 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOLAN GURDON, AKA Jessie Henson, No. 15-70364
AKA David Raymond,
Agency No. A042-859-656
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM*
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 23, 2017**
Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Jolan Gurdon, a native and citizen of Jamaica, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for deferral of removal under
the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8
*
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).
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 we deny the petition
for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of deferral of removal
under CAT because Gurdon failed to establish it is more likely than not he would
be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if removed to
Jamaica. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 835-36 (9th Cir. 2011) (finding that
the petitioner’s claims of possible torture were speculative and therefore did not
compel reversal). Gurdon’s contention that the agency insufficiently considered
his CAT claim is not supported by the record. See Cole v. Holder, 659 F.3d 762,
771 (9th Cir. 2011) (the BIA is not required to “discuss each piece of evidence
submitted”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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