Gilber Elias-Vivas 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

GILBER ELIAS-VIVAS, AKA Gilber Ellas- No. 20-70626 Vivar, Agency No. A088-771-030 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 17, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: BRESS and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and LASNIK,*** District Judge.

Gilber Elias-Vivas petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’

(“BIA”) decision denying his applications for withholding of removal and protection

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** We previously granted the parties’ joint motion to submit this case on the briefs. *** The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation. under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We review agency findings of fact

for substantial evidence.…