Aleman-Belloso

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE ERNESTO ALEMAN- No. 23-114

BELLOSO,

Agency No.

A206-871-954

Petitioner,

v. OPINION

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted April 12, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed November 13, 2024

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Mendoza

* The Honorable Michael T. Liburdi, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. ALEMAN-BELLOSO V. GARLAND

SUMMARY **

Immigration

Granting Jose Ernesto Aleman-Belloso’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision upholding the denial of asylum and related relief, and remanding, the panel held that the Board erred in concluding that Aleman failed to establish a nexus between any persecution and his political opinion, erred by mischaracterizing his proposed social group, and improperly ignored probative evidence regarding…