Sapon Yax v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

AUG 1 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE AGUSTIN SAPON YAX, No. 23-149 Agency No. Petitioner, A201-175-208 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 5, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS and LEE, Circuit Judges, and RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.***

Jose Agustin Sapon Yax, a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of

a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the

Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of

* 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). *** The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, sitting by designation. removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture…