Maria Morales De Martinez v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 5 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA DE LA CRUZ MORALES DE No. 16-70971

MARTINEZ,

Agency No. A202-003-980 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 2, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, OWENS, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Maria de la Cruz Morales de Martinez (“Morales”), a native and citizen of

El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”)

decision dismissing her appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision finding

her removable and denying her application for asylum. “Where, as here, the 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). cites [Matter of Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872 (BIA 1994),]…