Lopez-Mendez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 9 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARLENE LOPEZ-MENDEZ, No. 25-1296 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-749-505 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 5, 2026** San Francisco, California

Before: GOULD, M. SMITH, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Marline Lopez-Mendez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks

review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her

appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for asylum,

withholding of removal, and protection pursuant to the Convention Against Torture

* 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). (CAT). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.

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