Akam

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 26 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH FONCHAM AKAM, No. 22-460 Agency No. Petitioner, A203-680-639 v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney MEMORANDUM* General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 8, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: FRIEDLAND and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT, Senior District Judge.** Dissent by Judge BENNETT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Joseph Foncham Akam (“Akam”), a native and citizen of

Cameroon, applied for asylum, alleging that he was persecuted by the

Cameroonian military for protesting the marginalization of Anglophonic

Southern Cameroonians. He challenges a decision of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an adverse credibility finding entered by an

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States Senior District Judge for the…