Andres Avina Cruz v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

AUG 15 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDRES ANTONIO AVINA CRUZ, No. 16-73798

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-150-594

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted August 9, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: RAWLINSON, BADE, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Andres Antonio Avina Cruz (Avina Cruz), a native and citizen of

Mexico, petitions for review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals

(BIA) dismissing his appeal from the denial of his applications for withholding of

* 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). removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have

jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and we DENY the petition for review.

“We review the…