Joaquin Chavez-Villegas v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JAN 24 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOAQUIN CHAVEZ-VILLEGAS, No. 20-72616

Petitioner, Agency No. A078-103-328

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted January 11, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: CLIFTON, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Joaquin Chavez Villegas petitions for review of the decision by

the Board of Immigration Appeals that affirmed the Immigration Judge’s denial of

his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We deny the petition.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review legal questions

de novo and the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence. See Aden v.

Wilkinson, 989 F.3d 1073, 1079 (9th Cir. 2021). We review the agency’s…