Jose Zarate-Hernandez v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 10 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE LUIS ZARATE-HERNANDEZ, No. 18-70637

Petitioner, Agency No. A087-777-668

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 6, 2026** Portland, Oregon

Before: BEA, CHRISTEN, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Jose Luis Zarate-Hernandez (“Zarate”) petitions for review of a

Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for cancellation of removal,

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”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.

We review de…