Edwin Melendez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 10 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EDWIN ELENILSO MELENDEZ, AKA No. 16-70815 Edwin Melendez Fuentes, Agency No. A094-460-102 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 7, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL,*** District Judge.

Edwin Melendez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of

* 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 Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation. a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an

order by an Immigration Judge (IJ)…