Colin-Villavicencio
Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland
Opinion
Opinion
R. NELSON, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SOCORRO COLIN- No. 22-507
VILLAVICENCIO,
Agency No.
A075-600-791
Petitioner, v.
OPINION
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted November 7, 2023 Submission Withdrawn December 14, 2023 Resubmitted July 17, 2024 Pasadena, California
Filed July 23, 2024
Before: J. Clifford Wallace, William A. Fletcher, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Concurrence by Judge Wallace; Dissent by Judge W. Fletcher COLIN-VILLAVICENCIO V. GARLAND
SUMMARY*
Immigration
Denying Socorro Colin-Villavicencio’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel (1) denied Colin-Villavicencio’s derivative citizenship claim, and (2) concluded that substantial evidence supported the denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Although Colin-Villavicencio, a native and citizen of Mexico, did not raise a claim to derivative United States citizenship before the court, the panel excused the waiver on the ground…