Fredy Soriano-Cruz v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 11 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FREDY SORIANO-CRUZ, No. 15-73557

Petitioner, Agency No. A087-749-906

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 9, 2022** Pasadena, California

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

Fredy Soriano-Cruz seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA) dismissing his administrative appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (IJ)

* 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). order denying his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Soriano-

Cruz’s proposed social group of…