Garcia-Illenes

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 6 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARTEMIO GARCIA-ILLENES, No. 23-2592 Agency No. Petitioner, A092-169-635 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 31, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: HURWITZ, KOH, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Artemio Garcia-Illenes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from

a decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”), which denied his application for deferral

of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.17.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the BIA’s factual findings

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. for substantial evidence and legal conclusions de novo. See Plancarte Sauceda v.

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