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Aguilar v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 20, 2018
No. 13-71885 (9th Cir. Jun. 20, 2018)

Opinion

No. 13-71885

06-20-2018

AGUSTIN ZAVALA AGUILAR, AKA Ernesto Amayo, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A088-890-402 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: RAWLINSON, CLIFTON, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

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

Agustin Zavala Aguilar, 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 withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency's denial of withholding of removal where Aguilar failed to establish that the Salvadoran government was or would be unable or unwilling to control his alleged persecutors. See Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2005) (record did not compel finding petitioner faced persecution by forces the government was unable or unwilling to control). Thus, Aguilar's withholding of removal claim fails.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Aguilar v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 20, 2018
No. 13-71885 (9th Cir. Jun. 20, 2018)
Case details for

Aguilar v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:AGUSTIN ZAVALA AGUILAR, AKA Ernesto Amayo, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 20, 2018

Citations

No. 13-71885 (9th Cir. Jun. 20, 2018)