Khim Khadka v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 22 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KHIM BAHADUR KHADKA, No. 17-72699

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-302-658

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2022* San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, IKUTA, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Khim Khadka, a native and citizen of Nepal, petitions for review of the

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 relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility finding.

The agency provided specific and cogent reasons for its…