Edwin Rivera-Ramirez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 30 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EDWIN RIVERA-RAMIREZ, No. 20-72941

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-636-506

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted February 23, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, R. NELSON, and BADE, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BERZON.

Petitioner Edwin Rivera-Ramirez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his appeal of an

immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of

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

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. We review for substantial evidence the factual findings underlying the…