Orlando Gonzalez-Henriquez v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

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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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ORLANDO GONZALEZ-HENRIQUEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 07-71425
Agency No. A097-340-036
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 15, 2009**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Orlando Gonzalez-Henriquez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from
an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for protection under the
FILED
DEC 28 2009
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066,
1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief based on its
findings that Gonzalez-Henriquez did not establish a likelihood of torture by, at the
instigation of, or with the consent or acquiescence of the El Salvadoran
government, see Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1194 (9th Cir. 2003)
(acquiescence requires “both actual knowledge and willful blindness”), and its
finding that Gonzalez-Henriquez failed to show he would be unable to relocate
safely within El Salvador, see Hasan v. Ashcroft, 380 F.3d 1114, 1122-23 (9th Cir.
2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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