Tzilacatzin Oregon-Reynoso v. Merrick Garland

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 202120-73505California1,085 words

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 14 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TZILACATZIN OREGON-REYNOSO, No. 20-73505

Petitioner, Agency No. A091-868-847

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 9, 2021** San Francisco, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, IKUTA, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Tzilacatzin Oregon-Reynoso petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his claims for withholding of removal and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under

* 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). U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.

“Whether a group constitutes a ‘particular social group’ [(“PSG”)] … is a

question of law,”…

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