Muniz-Cunha

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 29 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAFAEL CESAR MUNIZ-CUNHA, No. 23-1392 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-208-947 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 25, 2024** San Francisco, California

Before: CLIFTON, SUNG, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Rafael Cesar Muniz-Cunha, a native and citizen of Brazil, seeks

review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming a

decision by the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for asylum and

* 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. Petitioner’s unopposed motion to submit, Dkt. 27, is granted. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). withholding of removal.1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we

affirm.

“Where, as…