Cesar Mendoza-Escalante 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

CESAR MENDOZA-ESCALANTE, No. 21-70883

Petitioner, Agency No. A207-676-444

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 9, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: W. FLETCHER and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and SILVER,** District Judge.

Cesar Mendoza-Escalante, a Mexican citizen, petitions for review of a Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying asylum, withholding of removal,

and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Roslyn O. Silver, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. We review the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims for

substantial evidence. Duran-Rodriguez v. Barr, 918 F.3d 1025, 1028 (9th…