Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 23, 2004, No. 03-72446 (Lepiz v. Ashcroft)

MEMORANDUM **

Hector Garcia Lepiz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.