Jesus Villegas-Gomez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 7 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JESUS ISAAC VILLEGAS-GOMEZ, No. 19-72487

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-408-415

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS and LEE, Circuit Judges, and BAKER,** Judge.

Jesus Villegas-Gomez petitions for review of a decision of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”)

order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). As the facts are known to the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable M. Miller Baker, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. parties, we repeat them only as necessary to explain our decision. …