Jose Cervantes-Valdovinos v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 19 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE CERVANTES-VALDOVINOS, No. 16-71017

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-246-912

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 17, 2022** Seattle, Washington

Before: WARDLAW, GOULD, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Jose Cervantes-Valdovinos seeks review of a Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) order dismissing his administrative appeal from an Immigration

Judge’s (IJ) decision to deny his applications for asylum, withholding of removal,

and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under

* 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). 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and we deny the petition for review.

1. Petitioner argues that…