Saul Alvarenga v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 25 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SAUL ELISO ALVARENGA, No. 19-70700

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-991-889

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2026 Las Vegas, Nevada

Before: BENNETT and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and HOLCOMB,** District Judge.

Petitioner Saul Eliso Alvarenga, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order upholding an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable John W. Holcomb, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1). We deny the petition in part, grant the…