ARMANDO SANCHEZ-FUENTES, AKA Armando Sanchez Puentes v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ARMANDO SANCHEZ-FUENTES,
AKA Armando Sanchez Puentes,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-71989
Agency No. A090-811-836
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 24, 2016**
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Armando Sanchez-Fuentes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s order of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.
FILED
MAR 02 2016
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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§ 1252. We review de novo questions of law, and review for substantial evidence
the agency’s factual findings. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th
Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
Sanchez-Fuentes fails to challenge the agency’s dispositive determination
that his convictions are aggravated felonies that constitute per se particularly
serious crimes that render him ineligible for withholding of removal. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1231(b)(3)(B)(ii), (iv) (an aggravated felony with a sentence imposed of at least
5 years shall be considered a particularly serious crime); see Martinez-Serrano v.
INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not specifically raised and
argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).
Accordingly, we need not reach Sanchez-Fuentes’ challenges to the agency’s
denial of withholding of removal regarding whether his crimes involved
aggravating factors and whether he has demonstrated membership in a protected
group or likelihood that he would be persecuted upon return to Mexico. See
Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004) (“courts and agencies are
not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the
results they reach”).
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of deferral of removal
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), because Sanchez-Fuentes failed to
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establish that it is more likely than not that he would be tortured by or with the
consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Mexico. See 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.16(c)(2); Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2008).
Sanchez-Fuentes fails to establish that the agency did not consider all relevant
evidence in making its CAT determination. See Larita-Martinez v. INS, 220 F.3d
1092, 1095-96 (9th Cir. 2000) (petitioners must overcome presumption that agency
reviewed all evidence).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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