Villafan-Herrera

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MANUEL SALVADOR VILLAFAN- No. 23-2261 HERRERA, Agency No.

A098-917-926

Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted August 21, 2024** Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

Manuel Salvador Villafan-Herrera seeks review of an immigration judge’s

(IJ) concurrence in an asylum officer’s negative reasonable fear determination.

After a prior order of removal was reinstated against Villafan-Herrera, he expressed

* 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). fear of returning to Mexico because his ex-girlfriend’s father, Jose Escamilla, had

paid…