GHASSEN MONCEF BEN YOUNES, AKA Ghassen Ben Younes v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GHASSEN MONCEF BEN YOUNES,
AKA Ghassen Ben Younes,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 10-71824
Agency No. A079-638-202
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 7, 2014**
San Francisco, California
Before: BENAVIDES,*** TALLMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Ghassen Ben Younes (“Younes”), a native and citizen of Tunisia, petitions
for review of the final order of removal entered against him by the Board of
FILED
APR 14 2014
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).
*** The Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides, Senior Circuit Judge for the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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Immigration Appeals. The order dismissed his appeal from an immigration judge’s
decision denying his application for withholding of removal and relief under the
Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review the agency’s legal determinations de novo, and factual findings for
substantial evidence. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010).
We deny the petition for review.
Younes has not shown that he was persecuted in the past and does not
demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution that is both subjectively
genuine and objectively reasonable. Duarte de Guinac v. INS, 179 F.3d 1156,
1159 (9th Cir. 1999). Younes has failed to demonstrate that it is more likely than
not that he will be persecuted were he to return to Tunisia. Id.; 8 C.F.R. §
208.16(b)(2). Likewise, Younes has failed to bring evidence showing that it is
more likely than not that he will be tortured should he return to Tunisia. Lanza v.
Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 917, 936 (9th Cir. 2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED

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