Byron Ixcatcoy Lopez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 15 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BYRON IXCATCOY LOPEZ, No. 20-70581

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-822-735

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 8, 2021** San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, BRESS, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Byron Lopez, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of a decision by the

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an Immigration

Judge’s (IJ) order denying his applications for withholding of removal and

protection 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. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). We have jurisdiction to review Lopez’s petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

review questions of law, and…