Oscar

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIS OSCAR, No. 23-3858 Agency No. Petitioner,

A220-509-072

v.

OPINION

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 4, 2024 * Pasadena, California

Filed April 23, 2025

Before: Jay S. Bybee, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). SUMMARY **

Immigration

The panel denied Maris Oscar’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision upholding the determination that he was ineligible for asylum under the firm resettlement doctrine. Applying Maharaj v. Gonzales, 450 F.3d 961, 967 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc), the panel reviewed the agency’s finding of firm resettlement for substantial evidence, noting that Maharaj’s standard of review comported with the Supreme Court’s instruction in Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U.S. 209 (2024) to review such mixed questions with deference. The panel…