Ignacio Valencia-Arevalo v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 23 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IGNACIO VALENCIA-AREVALO, No. 15-72966

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-699-365

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.

Ignacio Valencia-Arevalo, a native and citizen of Mexico, challenges the

decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to deny his applications for

asylum and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a) and deny the petition.

* 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). Petitioner entered the United States without inspection, admission, or parole

in 2007, when he was 13. He…