Maria Legarda-Bugarin v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 28 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA LEGARDA-BUGARIN, No. 20-73424

Petitioner, Agency No. A098-269-814

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK GARLAND,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 16, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Maria Legarda-Bugarin, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for

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

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her Convention Against Torture (“CAT”)

claim. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “We review the [BIA’s] legal

conclusions de novo . . . and its factual findings for substantial evidence.”

Bringas-Rodriguez v. Sessions, 850 F.3d 1051, 1059 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc)

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. (citations omitted). “We review claims of due process…