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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 27 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1380

JULIO GOMEZ RIVERA,

Agency No. A078-064-865 Petitioner,

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 25, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: NGUYEN and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges, and KERNODLE, District Judge.***

Petitioner Julio Gomez Rivera is a native and citizen of El Salvador. He

petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)

* 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). *** The Honorable Jeremy D. Kernodle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation. 1 affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of withholding of removal and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). As explained…