M. R. A. v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

M.R.A.1, No. 23-2596 Agency No. Petitioner, A246-516-332 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted September 11, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, GOULD, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BUMATAY.

M.R.A., a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) negative reasonable fear determination. The IJ

concurred in the asylum officer’s determination that M.R.A. was credible but

concluded that M.R.A failed to establish a reasonable possibility of persecution or

1 Petitioner requested, and the Government does not oppose, that we refer to him by his initials in this disposition. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. torture if removed to…