Anselmo Villanueva 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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

ANSELMO VERA VILLANUEVA, No. 20-73326

Petitioner, Agency No. A095-789-771

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 11, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Anselmo Vera Villanueva, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of a

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

decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for 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 and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

Because the BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision without opinion, we review the IJ’s

decision as the final agency…