Tomas Sanchez Popoca v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 20 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOMAS SANCHEZ POPOCA, No. 20-72653

Petitioner, Agency No. A092-687-341

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and ANTOON,** District Judge.

Tomas Sanchez Popoca, a citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his applications for withholding

of removal and for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable John Antoon II, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation. deny Sanchez Popoca’s petition for review.

1. The BIA did not abuse its discretion by concluding that Sanchez Popoca

committed a…