Ernest Tekang v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 17 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERNEST TEKANG TEKANG, No. 20-73000

Petitioner, Agency No. A203-710-049

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 9, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: BERZON, TALLMAN, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Ernest Tekang Tekang, a native and citizen of Cameroon, seeks

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) final order affirming the

Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of Tekang’s application for asylum, withholding of

* 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). removal, and protection pursuant to the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The

BIA affirmed the IJ’s adverse credibility finding and denial of Tekang’s

application. We have jurisdiction to…