Antonio Torres-Simon v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 18 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTONIO TORRES-SIMON, No. 21-70524

Petitioner, Agency No. A096-194-965

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 12, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: BYBEE and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF,*** District Judge.

Petitioner Antonio Torres-Simon seeks review of a Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) decision denying him asylum, withholding of removal, and

* 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). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner alleges that he

has a well-founded fear of persecution…