Lopez Mejia v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 2 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRANK ARMANDO LOPEZ-MEJIA, No. 23-177 Agency No. Petitioner, A077-973-844 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 3, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: CLIFTON, COLLINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Frank Armando Lopez-Mejia, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his appeal of

an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for withholding of removal

* 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). and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.

When the BIA adopts the IJ’s…