Uprety

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 10 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PRAMESH RAJ UPRETY, No. 23-4255 Agency No. Petitioner, A240-454-402 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 25, 2025** Seattle, Washington

Before: McKEOWN and OWENS, Circuit Judges, and KENDALL, District Judge.***

Pramesh Raj Uprety petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal and affirming denial of asylum and

* 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 Virginia M. Kendall, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. withholding of removal.1 Uprety, a Nepali citizen born in Kathmandu, arrived in

the United States in 1989…