Asongakap

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 28 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARLVINE NKEMASONG No. 21-431

ASONGAKAP,

Agency No. A213-189-689 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 April 18, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: VANDYKE and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and VRATIL,** District Judge.

Petitioner Marlvine Nkemasong Asongakap seeks review of a Board of

Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming the decision of the Immigration

Judge (IJ) denying asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. The Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil, United States District Judge for the District of **

Kansas, sitting by designation.

1 Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252

and deny the petition.

Where, as here, “the…