Jose Ortega-Alvarez v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 5 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE AMILCAR ORTEGA-ALVAREZ, No. 18-70596

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-282-084

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 2, 2026** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, CLIFTON, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Jose Amilcar Ortega-Alvarez, a native and citizen of El Salvador,

timely seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision

affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Petitioner’s 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 panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Torture (“CAT”). Where, as here, the BIA both incorporates the IJ’s findings and

provides its…