Debessay

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 4 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SIMON DEBESSAY, No. 22-37 Agency No. Petitioner, A077-824-637 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 11, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, CLIFTON, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Simon Debessay petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his administrative appeal. Debessay, who was

born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, seeks deferral of removal to Ethiopia under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) because he alleges that he will not be

recognized as an Ethiopian citizen and will be targeted on account of his

Eritrean lineage. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. BIA’s factual findings for substantial evidence and…