Jose Pineda Casasola v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 5 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE ANTONIO PINEDA CASASOLA, No. 19-72339

Petitioner, Agency No. A098-458-517

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 17, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: BYBEE and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and BATAILLON, *** Senior District Judge.

Petitioner Jose Pineda Casasola, a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks

* 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 Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska, sitting by designation. review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA

affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of petitioner’s applications for

asylum…