Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 16, 2004, No. 03-70323 (Lopez-Escobar v. Ashcroft)

MEMORANDUM **

Claudio Armando Lopez-Escobar, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.