Mulu Muche Belay v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 2 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MULU MUCHE BELAY, No. 20-71625

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-922-920

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 19, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: TALLMAN, OWENS, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Mulu Muche Belay, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal from the

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying asylum and withholding of removal as

to South Africa, asylum as to Ethiopia, and Convention Against Torture (“CAT”)

protection as to both countries. The BIA dismissed Belay’s appeal regarding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. asylum and withholding as to South Africa because Belay did not show that the

South African government was unable or unwilling to…