Romero

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 20 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOUGLAS ISRAEL ROMERO, No. 23-599 Agency No. Petitioner, A206-709-328 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted July 16, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, PAEZ, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Douglas Israel Romero, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for

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

denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal by an

* 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. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Immigration Judge (“IJ”).1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny

the petition for review.

Where the BIA affirms the IJ’s decision under Matter of Burbano, 20 I. &…