Luis Nunez-Gomez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 31 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUIS NUNEZ-GOMEZ, No. 17-71149

Petitioner, Agency No. A095-806-911

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted August 29, 2022** Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Luis Nunez-Gomez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a

decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from

the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We

* 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). review the agency’s “legal conclusions de novo and its factual findings…