Meza Diaz v. Garland
Opinion
Opinion
Paez, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BRISEYDA MEZA DIAZ; No. 23-973
GABRIELA SEGUNDO MEZA,
Agency Nos.
A209-390-110
Petitioners,
A209-390-111
v.
OPINION
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 18, 2024* Pasadena, California
Filed October 8, 2024
Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard A. Paez, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Paez
* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). SUMMARY **
Immigration
The panel granted Briseyda Meza Diaz’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the denial of asylum and withholding of removal, holding that the record evidence compelled the conclusion that Meza Diaz experienced past persecution committed by forces that Mexican authorities are either unable or unwilling to control, and that the BIA legally erred by failing to consider highly probative evidence regarding a nexus between the harm and a protected ground. The…