Mejia-Mendez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SELVIN MEJIA-MENDEZ, No. 24-6072 Agency No. Petitioner, A095-759-483 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Department of Homeland Security

Submitted June 9, 2025 ** Pasadena, California

Before: CLIFTON, IKUTA, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Selvin Mejia-Mendez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions

for review of an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order affirming an asylum officer’s

negative reasonable-fear determination. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252, see Andrade-Garcia v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir. 2016), and we

deny the petition.

* 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). We review an IJ’s reasonable-fear determination for substantial…