Jose Vasquez-Padilla v. Loretta Lynch

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Jose Alejandrino Vasquez-Padilla, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions this court for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or the Board) affirming the denial of Vasquez-Padilla’s application for withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because we find that substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision and that Vasquez-Padilla’s challenge to the BIA’s streamlined review of his application is unpersuasive, his petition for review is DENIED.

I. BACKGROUND

Jose Alejandrino…