JORGE MANUEL TELLO FARIAS, AKA Jorge Tello v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JORGE MANUEL TELLO FARIAS, AKA
Jorge Tello,
Petitioner,
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 15-70317
Agency No. A081-620-521
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 19, 2019**
Before: SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Jorge Manuel Tello Farias, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our
* 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).
FILED
AUG 22 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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jurisdiction is governed by 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 dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Tello Farias’ contentions as to the proposed
social groups of deportees and family because he failed to raise them before the
agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004) (court lacks
jurisdiction to review claims not presented to the agency).
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Tello Farias
failed to demonstrate a nexus between the harm he experienced or fears in Mexico
and a protected ground. See Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010)
(an applicant’s “desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft
or random violence by gang members has no nexus to a protected ground”). Thus,
Tello Farias’ asylum and withholding of removal claims fail.
Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because
Tello Farias failed to show 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
Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir. 2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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