Stepanian

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 26 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIRAIR STEPANIAN, No. 23-499 Agency No. Petitioner, A095-197-260 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted April 9, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: SILER,** BEA, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Jirair Stepanian, an ethnic Armenian who claims to be a citizen and national

of Iran, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals

(BIA) upholding the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) that Stepanian fabricated

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, United States Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, sitting by designation. a material element of his asylum application and that he is therefore permanently

barred from seeking any future relief under the Immigration and…