Karen Mantachian v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 30 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KAREN MANTACHIAN, No. 18-70497 18-73456 Petitioner, Agency No. A201-194-210 v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney MEMORANDUM* General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: LINN,** BYBEE, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Karen Mantachian is a native of Armenia and a citizen of Denmark. He

petitions for review of two consolidated decisions of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA dismissed Mantachian’s appeal from the denial of his

applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Richard Linn, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. (“CAT”) relief. The BIA later denied Mantachian’s motion to…