Gusman Fortilus v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 19 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GUSMAN FORTILUS, No. 19-70111

Petitioner, Agency No. A209-169-348

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 10, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and BEA, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT,*** District Judge.

Gusman Fortilus (“Fortilus”), a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for

review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming an

* 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 Richard D. Bennett, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the…