Pete Leaupepetele v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 3 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PETE JOHN LEAUPEPETELE, AKA No. 21-70072 Iaone Leaupepe, Agency No. A206-354-677 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 16, 2021** San Francisco, California

Before: SCHROEDER, W. FLETCHER, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Pete John Leaupepetele, a citizen of Western Samoa, now Samoa, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his appeal

* 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). from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of adjustment of status and denial of

cancellation of removal.

The IJ found that Leaupepetele had been convicted of a crime involving

moral turpitude. This conviction makes…