Gopal Khanal v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 8 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GOPAL PRASAD KHANAL, No. 17-70372

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-206-519

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 6, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: M. SMITH, BADE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Gopal Prasad Khanal, a native and citizen of Nepal, seeks review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming an Immigration

Judge’s (IJ) adverse credibility determination against him that resulted in the denial

of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the

* 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). Convention Against Torture (CAT). We dismiss the petition as to Khanal’s CAT

claim…