Raad Al Zaidi v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

AUG 27 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAAD AL ZAIDI, No. 20-70704

Petitioner, Agency No. A071-725-095

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted August 5, 2021 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: WARDLAW, MILLER, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Raad Al Zaidi, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions for review of an order

of the Board of Immigration Appeals. In 2017, Al Zaidi moved to reopen his 2005

immigration proceedings to apply for asylum, withholding of removal, and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in light of changed

country conditions in Iraq. An immigration judge denied reopening, and the Board

affirmed. While his appeal was pending before the Board, Al Zaidi moved to

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent remand to the immigration judge for consideration of a new declaration prepared

by Daniel Smith, a researcher studying…