NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 16 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IRIS LILIANA TORRES ZEPEDA; et al., No. 20-72797
Petitioners, Agency Nos. A202-177-208
A202-177-209
v. A202-177-210
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General, MEMORANDUM*
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 8, 2021**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.
Iris Liliana Torres Zepeda and her two daughters, natives and citizens of
Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing
their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for
asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture
*
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).
(“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial
evidence the agency’s factual findings. Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026,
1031 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review.
In their opening brief, petitioners do not raise, and therefore waive, any
challenge to the agency’s dispositive determination that they failed to establish
nexus to a protected ground. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-
1080 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening
brief are waived). Thus, we deny the petition for review as to the petitioners’
asylum and withholding of removal claims.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Torres Zepeda failed to show it is more likely than not she would be tortured by or
with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Mexico. See
Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1047 (9th Cir. 2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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