Lucia Jose v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUCIA MARIA JOSE, No. 19-70500

Petitioner, Agency No. A209-389-597

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 4, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and DONATO,** District Judge.

Lucia Maria Jose, a native and citizen of Mozambique, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of her appeal of an

Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have

jurisdiction under section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality…