Castillo

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 6 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARLOS ALBERTO CASTILLO, No. 23-851 Agency No. Petitioner, A096-795-038 v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Carlos Alberto Castillo petitions this Court for review of a decision of the

Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of the decision of an

immigration judge (“IJ”) holding that Castillo was subject to removal under

U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because he had been convicted of the aggravated

felony of “sexual abuse of a minor,” 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(A). Castillo claims

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. that the BIA erred in holding that the California statute under which he…