Evaristo Escobar Peralta v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 11 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EVARISTO ESCOBAR PERALTA, No. 19-70255

Petitioner, Agency No. A070-178-398

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.

Petitioner Evaristo Escobar Peralta, a citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision upholding the Immigration

Judge’s (IJ) denial of his claims for withholding of removal and protection under the

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

* 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). and we deny the petition.

We review factual findings under the “substantial…