United States v. 2020-02-06 | 15-70687 | GEOVANNI RUBIO-BLANCO V. WILLIAM BARR | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GEOVANNI RUBIO-BLANCO, AKA
Geovanni Rubio Blanco, AKA Deovanni E.
Blanco-Rubio, AKA Carlos Lopez, AKA
Geovanni Rubio, AKA Geovanni Geovanni
Eulises Blanco Rubio,

Petitioner,

v.

WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

Respondent.

No. 15-70687

Agency No. A074-116-516

MEMORANDUM
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On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Immigration Judge

Submitted February 4, 2020
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Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Geovanni Rubio-Blanco, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se
for review of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) determination under 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.31(a) that he did not have a reasonable fear of persecution or torture in El

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

FEB 6 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Salvador and thus is not entitled to relief from his reinstated removal order. We
have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the
IJ’s factual findings. Andrade-Garcia v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir. 2016).
We deny the petition for review.
We reject Rubio-Blanco’s contention that he is eligible for asylum. See 8
C.F.R. § 1208.31(g)(2)(i).
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Rubio-Blanco failed to
demonstrate a reasonable possibility of future persecution in El Salvador on
account of a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.
2010) (petitioner’s “desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by
theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground”).
Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s conclusion that Rubio-Blanco
failed to demonstrate a reasonable possibility of torture by or with the consent or
acquiescence of the government if returned to El Salvador. See Andrade-Garcia,
828 F.3d at 836-37.
We reject as unsupported Rubio-Blanco’s vague claim that the IJ violated
his right to due process.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.