Amaya Fuentes v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERIK ALEXANDER AMAYA FUENTES, No. 23-1561 Agency No. Petitioner, A205-379-913 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration Judge

Submitted October 22, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: TALLMAN, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner, Erik Alexander Amaya Fuentes, a native and citizen of Honduras,

appeals the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. The IJ ordered Petitioner

removed after agreeing with the asylum officer’s negative reasonable fear

* 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). determination, finding Petitioner did not establish that extortionist threats he

received from local drug dealers were on account of a protected ground. The IJ

further held…