Christopher Ndiagu v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTOPHER NDIAGU, No. 19-72504

Petitioner, Agency No. A093-456-688

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 9, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON, TALLMAN, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge TALLMAN.

Christopher Ndiagu (“Petitioner”), a native of Nigeria, petitions for review

of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding the

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his claims for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition in part, deny it in part,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. and remand for proceedings consistent with this disposition.

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