S. K. M. v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 2 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

S. K. M., Nos. 22-50; 23-2366 Agency No. Petitioner, A096-704-824 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 3, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: BEA, OWENS, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner S.K.M., a native and citizen of Kenya, petitions for review of two

decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which (1) affirmed the

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of S.K.M.’s claims for withholding of removal and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) based on an adverse

* 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). credibility finding; and (2) denied S.K.M.’s motion to reopen to seek…