V.M.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 11 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

V.M., No. 20-72563

Petitioner, Agency No. A074-378-938

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted October 19, 2022 Portland, Oregon

Before: BADE and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and LEFKOW,** District Judge.

V.M. 1, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from a decision of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Joan H. Lefkow, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

We grant the remainder of V.M.’s unopposed motion to proceed under a 1

pseudonym and refer to petitioner by his pseudonym in this disposition. the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his application for protection…