Marisela Lopez Meraz v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARISELA LOPEZ MERAZ; E.J.L., No. 20-73046

Petitioners, Agency Nos. A213-086-989

A213-086-990

v.

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted December 3, 2025 Portland, Oregon

Before: McKEOWN and SUNG, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,** District Judge.

Marisela Lopez Meraz (“Lopez Meraz”) and her minor daughter, E.J.L.,

petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA’s”) order

affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ’s”) order denying their applications for

asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Torture (“CAT”).1 We have…