Abraham Valdovinos v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 22 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ABRAHAM AGUILAR VALDOVINOS, No. 20-73612

Petitioner, Agency No. A095-795-558

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 6, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Abraham Aguilar Valdovinos, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) negative reasonable fear determination.

As the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here.

To prevail in a reasonable fear review hearing, a non-citizen must

* 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). “establish[ ] a reasonable possibility” of persecution or torture, 8 C.F.R.

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