Fausto Renato Quevedo v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FAUSTO RENATO QUEVEDO,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III,
Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 16-70507
Agency No. A072-516-171
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 14, 2017**
Pasadena, California
Before: KOZINSKI, HAWKINS and PARKER,*** Circuit Judges.
To qualify for Convention Against Torture relief a petitioner must show that
“it is more likely than not that he . . . would be tortured if removed to the proposed
FILED
NOV 16 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).
*** The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Circuit Judge
for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation.

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country of removal.” 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2). The IJ didn’t err by finding that
Quevedo failed to meet this standard. Substantial evidence supported the IJ’s
determination that the beating Quevedo suffered wasn’t torture. See Ahmed v.
Keisler, 504 F.3d 1183, 1201 (9th Cir. 2007). His later peaceful interaction with
Guatemalan police further demonstrates that he’s unlikely to be tortured if returned
to Guatemala.
DENIED.

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