Ruth Acosta v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 9 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RUTH MERI ACOSTA, AKA Ruth Mery No. 20-72052 Acosta Mejia, Agency No. A094-190-510 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted July 14, 2022 Pasadena, California

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

Ruth Meri Acosta Mejia, a citizen of Honduras, challenges the decision of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal of the

Immigration Judge (“IJ”)’s denial of her claims for 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 Honorable Gary S. Katzmann, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Exercising our

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), we deny the…