Federico Lopez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 20 2014

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FEDERICO LOPEZ, No. 10-70804

Petitioner, Agency No. A098-761-845

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 14, 2014**

Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Federico Lopez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for withholding of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for

review and we remand.

In denying Lopez’s withholding of removal claim, the agency found Lopez

failed to…