Maria Escobar-Guerra v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 24 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA VICTORIA ESCOBAR GUERRA, No. 21-70292

Petitioner, Immigration File No. A208-581-377 v.

MERRICK GARLAND,

Respondent. MEMORANDUM*

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

Submitted January 12, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, *** District Judge.

Petitioner Maria Escobar Guerra is a young woman who fled El Salvador

because she was threatened by a gang member, “Pablo,” who would not take “No”

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel previously granted Petitioner’s unopposed motion for submission of this case without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. Page 2 of

for an answer: After she refused Pablo’s sexual…