Amaya-Pineda

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

LUIS AMAYA-PINEDA, No. 21-609 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-169-505 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 13, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS and KOH, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.**

Luis Amaya-Pineda petitions for review of an order of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge (“IJ”)’s denials

of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against

Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a). We review

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. legal questions de novo and the BIA’s factual determinations for…