Elmer Hernandez-Tovar v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 11 2023

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELMER E. HERNANDEZ-TOVAR, No. 20-70469

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-896-910

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 8, 2023** Pasadena, California

Before: KLEINFELD, HURWITZ, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Elmer Hernandez-Tovar petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’s decision affirming the immigration judge’s denials of his applications

for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C.

* 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). § 1252(a)(1). The Board conducted its own review of evidence and law, so we

review its decision. Guerra v. Barr, 974 F.3d 909, 911 (9th Cir. 2020). We deny

the petition.

The Board…