Ahmad Nawaz v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AHMAD NAWAZ, No. 20-72437

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-603-815

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted June 14, 2024* Pasadena, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, CHRISTEN, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge VANDYKE.

Petitioner Ahmad Nawaz, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order dismissing his appeal of

an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding

of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because

the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Where, as here, the BIA adopts

the IJ’s…