Celestino Flores Martinez 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

CELESTINO FLORES MARTINEZ, AKA No. 19-72291 Celestino Flores, AKA Celestino Laureano, Agency No. A206-407-147 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 15, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: BENNETT and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and FOOTE,** District Judge.

Celestino Flores Martinez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Elizabeth E. Foote, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation. removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture…