Jose Rivera-Rodas v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 10 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE EDUARDO RIVERA-RODAS, No. 16-73049

Petitioner, Agency No. A074-361-989

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 8, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Jose Eduardo Rivera-Rodas, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks

review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his

* 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). motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the

petition.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in determining that Rivera-Rodas failed

to demonstrate that his new evidence (death certificates of persons from El

Salvador) established a prima…