Erick Jaimes Lopez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 25 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERICK BENJAMIN JAIMES LOPEZ, No. 21-71049

Petitioner, Agency No. A214-231-292

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted April 11, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: BOGGS,** HURWITZ, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Erick Benjamin Jaimes Lopez, a citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a

decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from

an order of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying 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 Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1 We deny the petition.

1. Lopez claims he will be persecuted in Mexico because of his…