Martins

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 24 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOAO PEDRO MARTINS; T. M. M., No. 25-30 Agency Nos. Petitioners, A246-843-543

A246-843-544

v.

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 2, 2026 Seattle, Washington

Before: PAEZ, BEA, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Joao Pedro Martins (“Martins”) and his minor daughter, citizens of Angola,

petition for review of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their applications for

asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture

(“CAT”).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 Martins’s minor daughter filed her own application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT. She is also listed as a derivative beneficiary of Martins’s asylum application. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Where, as here,…