Kataria

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 12 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PANKAJKARAN SINGH KATARIA, No. 23-3737 Agency No. Petitioner, A076-847-225 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 10, 2024**

Before: OWENS, LEE, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Pankajkaran Singh Kataria (“Kataria”), a native and citizen of India, petitions

for review of a BIA decision affirming the denial of his application for deferral of

removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Kataria entered the United

States in 1997 after Punjab police persecuted him on account of his involvement in

* 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). a Sikh separatist political organization. He was granted asylum, withholding of

removal, and CAT…