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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 9 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHAN SOTO CEDENO, No. 24-1018 Agency No. Petitioner, A241-361-947 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration Judge

Argued and Submitted February 14, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LASNIK, District Judge.** Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge R. Nelson.

Johan Soto Cedeno, a native and citizen of Venezuela, petitions for review of

an immigration judge’s (IJ) order concurring in an asylum officer’s negative

reasonable fear determination. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

grant the petition and remand for further proceedings.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation. 1. Soto Cedeno argues that…