Simon Valencia-Mata v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUN 13 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SIMON VALENCIA-MATA, No. 21-70742

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-080-926

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 9, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: SCHROEDER and SUNG, Circuit Judges, and ANTOON,*** District Judge.

Petitioner Simon Valencia-Mata, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of the denial of his application for asylum, cancellation of removal,

withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture

* 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). (CAT). Valencia-Mata’s application claimed that he feared removal to Mexico

because a gang would target him for persecution and torture based on his

opposition to…