Simplicio Lopez-Alonso v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SIMPLICIO LOPEZ-ALONSO, No. 19-73069

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-158-068

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 14, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: BEA, CHRISTEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Simplicio Lopez Alonso seeks review of the order of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (BIA) that denies his applications for asylum and withholding

* 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). of removal.1 Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them

here, except as necessary to provide context for our ruling. We review legal

questions de novo and the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence.…