FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 20 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROMULO FLORES-HIDALGO, a.k.a. No. 12-71092
Romulo Flores, a.k.a. Cesar Marcos
Florez, a.k.a. Marcos Florez, a.k.a. Agency No. A094-160-589
Francisco Garcia, a.k.a. Romulo Hidalgo,
Petitioner, MEMORANDUM *
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted March 12, 2013 **
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Romulo Flores-Hidalgo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal
*
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).
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.
§ 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Silaya
v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Flores-Hidalgo failed to establish it is more likely than not he would be tortured by
or with the acquiescence of the government if returned to El Salvador. See Santos-
Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 748 (9th Cir. 2008). Contrary to Flores-
Hidalgo’s contention, the BIA applied the correct standard in assessing his CAT
claim.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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