NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 16 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT IRIS LILIANA TORRES ZEPEDA; et al., No. 20-72797 Petitioners, Agency Nos. A202-177-208 A202-177-209 v. A202-177-210 MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, MEMORANDUM* Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 8, 2021** Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and MILLER, Circuit Judges. Iris Liliana Torres Zepeda and her two daughters, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture * 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). (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Garcia-Milian v. Holder, 755 F.3d 1026, 1031 (9th Cir. 2014). We deny the petition for review. In their opening brief, petitioners do not raise, and therefore waive, any challenge to the agency’s dispositive determination that they failed to establish nexus to a protected ground. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079- 1080 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Thus, we deny the petition for review as to the petitioners’ asylum and withholding of removal claims. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Torres Zepeda failed to show it is more likely than not she would be tortured by or with the consent or acquiescence of the government if returned to Mexico. See Aden v. Holder, 589 F.3d 1040, 1047 (9th Cir. 2009). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 20-72797 20-72797 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Iris Torres Zepeda v. Merrick Garland 16 November 2021 Agency Unpublished 0f00b490d87face919f2f2dbba55e96faf42f388
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