Vicente Valle v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VICENTE VALLE, No. 20-72769

Petitioner, Agency No. A029-138-276

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 16, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN,*** District Judge.

Vicente Valle, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ determination that his 1994 drug-trafficking

* 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 Dana L. Christensen, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. offense is a particularly serious crime for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(B)(ii).

We have…