Kelvin Hernandez-Mendoza v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KELVIN HERNANDEZ-MENDOZA, No. 20-71390

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-051-376

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2022** Seattle, Washington

Before: NGUYEN, MILLER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Kelvin Hernandez-Mendoza petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We review

the parts of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision that the BIA incorporates.

* 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). Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 2002). We review for…