Derick Furwood Mbanwei v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 31 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DERICK FURWOOD MBANWEI, No. 19-72615

Petitioner, Agency No. A215-905-773

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 8, 2022 Seattle, Washington

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

Derick Furwood Mbanwei, a native and citizen of Cameroon, appeals from

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration

Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Because one member

of the BIA summarily affirmed the IJ’s decision under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4),

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. “the IJ’s decision becomes the BIA’s decision” for the purposes of our review.

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