Alfredo Mendez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MAR 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

ALFREDO RUIZ MENDEZ, No. 17-70983

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-023-255

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.

Petitioner Alfredo Ruiz Mendez (“Mendez”) petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for 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). and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In Mexico,

Mendez was involved in one physical altercation with his uncle, who did not

contact or look for him again after the incident. Mendez…