Juan Isabel-Baltazar v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAN 12 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

JUAN PEDRO ISABEL-BALTAZAR, No. 20-71831

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-276-374

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted January 10, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: TASHIMA, M. SMITH, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Juan Isabel-Baltazar (Petitioner), a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions

for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing

his appeal of a decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”), who denied his

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Petitioner contends he is eligible for relief

based on his membership in the proposed social…