Andres MacIas-contreras v. Merrick Garland
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 25 2024
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ANDRES MACIAS-CONTRERAS, AKA No. 20-72073 Efrain Moncada-Ibarra, Agency No. A089-827-331 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted March 8, 2024** Las Vegas, Nevada
Before: M. SMITH, BENNETT, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges. Efrain Moncada-Ibarra—a Mexican citizen who has also used the alias
“Andres Macias-Contreras”—petitions for review of a decision by the Board of
Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding a decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”)
denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under
the Convention Against Torture (“Torture Convention”). We have jurisdiction
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral…