NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 5 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
HUGO ERNESTO CASTILLO-MANCIA, No. 16-72753
Petitioner, Agency No. A206-808-606
v.
MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 6, 2019**
Pasadena, California
Before: MURGUIA and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and GUIROLA,*** District
Judge.
Hugo Ernesto Castillo-Mancia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing an appeal
*
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).
***
The Honorable Louis Guirola, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Mississippi, sitting by designation.
from the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his application for asylum,
withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
Having jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, we deny Castillo-Mancia’s petition.
1. Substantial evidence supports the determinations of the IJ and BIA that
Castillo-Mancia failed to establish that any harm he experienced in El Salvador was
on account of a protected ground. See Garcia v. Holder, 749 F.3d 785, 791 (9th
Cir. 2014). In addition, substantial evidence supports the finding that Castillo-
Mancia failed to demonstrate that he faces future harm in El Salvador. See Zetino
v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (“[A] desire to be free from
harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members
bears no nexus to a protected ground.”). The application for asylum and
withholding of removal was therefore appropriately denied.
2. Castillo-Mancia has not demonstrated that he would more likely than not
suffer torture upon return to El Salvador. The agency’s decision that Castillo-
Mancia failed to show that he is entitled to CAT protection is therefore also
supported by substantial evidence.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
2