Alexandru Alois Csiki, a.k.a. Alois Alexandru Csiki v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ALEXANDRU ALOIS CSIKI, a.k.a. Alois
Alexandru Csiki,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 11-72845
Agency No. A072-517-159
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 14, 2013**
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Alexandru Alois Csiki, a native and citizen of Romania, petitions for review
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for protection under the
Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
FILED
MAY 17 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Wakkary v. Holder,
558 F.3d 1049, 1056 (9th Cir. 2009), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that in light of
current country conditions in Romania, Csiki failed to show it is more likely than
not he would be tortured if he returned there. See Sowe v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d
1281, 1288-89 (9th Cir. 2008) (upholding agency’s finding that petitioner would
not be tortured because country conditions have changed). Csiki’s contention that
the BIA failed to consider country conditions in Romania is contradicted by the
BIA’s statement that “the evidence of record indicates that torture sometimes
occurs in Romania” and its reference to other “documentary evidence.” Csiki’s
contention that the BIA did not adequately consider the harm he suffered in the
early 1990’s has no bearing on the BIA’s dispositive finding regarding changed
country conditions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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