Maria Gonzalez-Nicolas v. Pamela Bondi

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 12 2026

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA GONZALEZ NICOLAS and No. 21-70696

A.A.G.M.,

Agency Nos. Petitioners, A208-181-978

A208-181-979

v.

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent. MEMORANDUM*

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

Submitted February 13, 2026** San Francisco, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and S.R. THOMAS and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Maria Gonzalez Nicolas petitions for review of a decision by the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of

* 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). asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against

Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Because the

parties are familiar with the history…