Ruben Mencias-Soto v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OCT 8 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

RUBEN MENCIAS-SOTO, No. 19-72722

Petitioner, Agency No. A098-890-074

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 6, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, CHRISTEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Ruben Mencias-Soto, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal from

an immigration judge’s (IJ) order denying his applications for withholding 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). removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We review

questions of law de novo and factual findings for substantial evidence. Brezilien v.

Holder, 569 F.3d 403, 411 (9th Cir. 2009).…