Velasquez-Rodriguez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 17 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARGARITO VELASQUEZ- No. 22-44 RODRIGUEZ, Agency No.

A206-349-631

Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 11, 2023** San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, CHRISTEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Margarito Velasquez-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of

Honduras, petitions for review from the denial of his applications for

withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

An immigration judge (IJ) denied petitioner’s applications, and the Board of

* 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). Immigration Appeals…