Sampson Antwi v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 24 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SAMPSON ANTWI, No. 17-71270

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-923-513

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted June 8, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: HURWITZ, BRESS, and H. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge BRESS.

Sampson Antwi, a citizen of Ghana, petitions for review of a decision of the

Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an order of an

Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The IJ denied relief based on an

adverse credibility determination, and the BIA upheld that determination, citing

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Matter of Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872, 874 (BIA 1994). “Where, as here, the BIA

cites…