Cesar Orozco-Lomeli v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 24 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CESAR OROZCO-LOMELI, No. 17-72984

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-964-652

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 11, 2022** San Francisco, California

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

Cesar Orozco Lomeli (Orozco), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his

appeal from an immigration judge’s (IJ) decision denying his applications for

asylum and withholding of removal.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). We have jurisdiction to review Orozco’s petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

Where, as here, the BIA issues its own decision, but…