Melkonyan

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 19 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GAYANE RAFAEL No. 24-1019 MELKONYAN; ERIK Agency Nos.

KIRAKOSYAN; YOURI KIRAKOSYAN, A220-249-415

A220-249-422

Petitioners, A220-250-050 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted February 12, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: TALLMAN, IKUTA, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Gayane Rafael Melkonyan and her two sons, natives and citizens of Armenia

and citizens of France, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of an immigration judge (IJ) denying their

applications for asylum as to Armenia and France, statutory withholding of

removal as to France, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) as to

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. France. We…