Jose Castaneda Flores 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

JOSE CASTANEDA FLORES, No. 17-73071

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-465-498

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 15, 2022* San Francisco, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, GOULD, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Jose Castaneda Flores, a native and citizen of Mexico and a naturalized

citizen of Ecuador, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Castaneda

Flores’s application for withholding of removal and protection under the

* 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). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

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