Cruz Cardenas v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 17 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTONIO CRUZ CARDENAS, No. 23-2580

Petitioner, Agency No. A079-620-227

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration Court

Submitted January 14, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and EZRA,*** District Judge.

Antonio Cruz Cardenas (“Petitioner”) is a native and citizen of Mexico.

Petitioner illegally entered the United States in or around 1990, when he was

* 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). *** The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation. between seven and nine years old. On November 1, 2000, Petitioner was

convicted of first-degree murder in violation of…