Byron Maldonado-Rodas v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 18 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BYRON MALDONADO-RODAS, No. 21-70882 Agency No. Petitioner, A 077-440-700 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 13, 2026** San Francisco, California

Before: CALLAHAN, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Byron Maldonado-Rodas, a citizen and native of Guatemala, seeks review of

the Board of Immigration’s (“BIA”) decision affirming an Immigration Judge’s

(“IJ”) (collectively, the “Agency”) denial of his applications for withholding of

* 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). removal and cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

We deny the petition.

“Where, as here, the BIA cites [Matter of Burbano,…