Rogelio Mejia-Rivas v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROGELIO MEJIA-RIVAS, No. 20-70667

Petitioner, Agency No. A094-460-822

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted July 14, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: BENNETT and KOH, Circuit Judges, and KATZMANN,*** Judge.

Rogelio Mejia-Rivas (“Mejia”), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions

for review of the denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and

* 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).

*** The Honorable Gary S. Katzmann, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) relief. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252 and deny the…