Torres Martinez v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PEDRO JAVIER TORRES MARTINEZ, No. 22-735 Agency No. Petitioner, A213-086-914 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, TALLMAN, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Pedro Javier Torres Martinez, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks

review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Agency”)

affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his requests for asylum,

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

He also appeals the agency’s denial of his motion to continue his case and motion to

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. consolidate his case with that of his wife and two daughters. We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. §…