Lopez Bartolo v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 6 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRANCISCO LOPEZ BARTOLO, No. 23-1578 Agency No. Petitioner, A218-146-518 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted August 16, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: TASHIMA, CALLAHAN, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Francisco Lopez Bartolo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his

appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for

withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 Petitioner claims that he applied for asylum, but his I-589 stated that he was “not arguing eligibility for asylum.” The IJ thus analyzed Petitioner’s claims for We have jurisdiction under 8…