Javier Martinez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 5 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAVIER MARTINEZ, No. 21-70763

Petitioner, Agency No. A040-200-753

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted July 5, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: CLIFTON and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and CHEN,** District Judge. Partial Dissent by Judge BUMATAY

Petitioner Javier Martinez, a native of Costa Rica and a citizen of Nicaragua,

petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his claim

for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), as well as the BIA’s denials

of his requests for a continuance and for administrative closure. We have

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by…