Ivan Nicolas-Nicolas v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 12 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IVAN NICOLAS-NICOLAS, No. 20-71638

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-807-211

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 10, 2026** Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS, VANDYKE, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Ivan Nicolas-Nicolas (“Nicolas”), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal

of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). “Where

* 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). the BIA writes its own decision, as it did here, we review the BIA’s decision,

except to…