Atud

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 1 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Wilson Fomunyoh Atud, No. 21-1087

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-742-974

v.

MEMORANDUM*

Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 14, 2023** Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ, CHRISTEN, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Wilson Atud Fomunyoh (“Atud”) petitions for review of the denial of his

claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Atud also challenges the finding that his

asylum claim was frivolous. Because the Board of Immigration Appeals

(“BIA”) adopted the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision but “did not merely

* 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). provide a…