Omar Benavides v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 7 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OMAR ALBERTO BENAVIDES, No. 20-72141

Petitioner, Agency No. A094-190-392

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 5, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and SEEBORG,*** District Judge.

* 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 Richard Seeborg, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. Petitioner Omar Benavides, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ ("BIA") decision affirming the immigration

judge’s ("IJ") denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against…