Oswal Ponce v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OSWAL ASAEL PONCE, No. 20-70252

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-680-828

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted July 6, 2021** Portland, Oregon

Before: M. MURPHY,*** PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Oswal Ponce seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration

Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”)

* 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 Honorable Michael R. Murphy, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Exercising…