Israel Martinez-Corona v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 19 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ISRAEL MARTINEZ-CORONA, No. 19-72569

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-474-777

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney MEMORANDUM* General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Before: PAEZ, M. SMITH, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges

Petitioner Israel Martinez-Corona seeks review of a Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his

application for cancellation of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(2). We

dismiss the petition in part and deny it in part.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. The BIA affirmed the

IJ’s decision on the basis that Martinez-Corona did not merit cancellation of

removal as a matter of discretion. Consequently, we have…