Bryan Rigoverto Garcia Ventura v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BRYAN RIGOVERTO GARCIA
VENTURA,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-71190
Agency No. A206-844-917
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 9, 2017**
Before: SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Bryan Rigoverto Garcia Ventura, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum and relief under
the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.
* 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).
FILED
AUG 14 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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§ 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Molina-
Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1050 (9th Cir. 2001). We deny in part and grant in
part the petition for review, and remand.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that, even if Garcia
Ventura established membership in a cognizable social group, he failed to
demonstrate a causal nexus between the harm he suffered and fears and a protected
ground. See id. at 1051-52 (personal dispute not grounds for asylum unless
connected to a protected ground). Thus, we deny the petition as to asylum.
Respondent’s unopposed request to remand Garcia Ventura’s CAT claim to
the agency to assess the impact of this court’s decision in Barajas-Romero v.
Lynch, 846 F.3d 351 (9th Cir. 2017) is granted.
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; GRANTED in part;
REMANDED.

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