Jose Valencia-Hernandez v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 5 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE ANDREW VALENCIA- No. 20-71525

HERNANDEZ,

Agency No. A208-539-076 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 16, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,*** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. Jose Valencia-Hernandez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review

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

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