Quarshie

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 18 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ADJETEY QUARSHIE, No. 22-148 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-122-574 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 9, 2023 Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Adjetey Quarshie, a native and citizen of Ghana, seeks review of a decision

of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the decision of an

Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We

have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1) and deny the petition for review.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Where, as here, “[t]he BIA conducted its own review of the evidence and

law rather than simply adopting the [IJ]’s decision[,] . . . our…