Nelson Carranza-Flores v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 9 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NELSON ANTONIO CARRANZA- No. 16-72325

FLORES,

Agency No. A205-645-598 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 7, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, TASHIMA, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Nelson Antonio Carranza-Flores (“Carranza-Flores”) petitions for

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

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his claims for asylum, withholding of removal

and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1 Carranza-Flores claims

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 Carranza-Flores does not appeal the BIA’s denial of his CAT claim. the BIA and IJ erred in determining the harassment and injuries he sustained were

not on account of his…