Lekomtsev

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 26 2023

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IGOR VLADIMIROVICH No. 21-864

LEKOMTSEV,

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-160-251

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 11, 2023 Seattle, Washington

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

Igor Vladimirovich Lekomtsev, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for

review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 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.

The agency’s adverse credibility determination is supported by substantial

evidence. The agency based its determination in part on…