Varela Pedro v. Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 27 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUCAS VARELA PEDRO, No. 23-3611

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-383-998

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 21, 2024** Phoenix, California

Before: TASHIMA, M. SMITH, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Lucas Varela Pedro, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA

affirmed without opinion Petitioner’s appeal of a decision of the Immigration

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). Judge (IJ), pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4). The IJ denied his application for

asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against

Torture (CAT), and ordered…