Fidel Lopez-Morales v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 9 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FIDEL LOPEZ-MORALES, No. 20-72289

Petitioner, Agency No. A077-312-056

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 7, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and REISS,*** District Judge.

Petitioner Fidel Lopez-Morales petitions for review of a decision of the Board

of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the order of an Immigration Judge

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

* 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). *** The Honorable Christina Reiss, United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, sitting by designation. the Convention Against Torture…