Lidia Arias-Mercado v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 14 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LIDIA RAQUEL ARIAS-MERCADO, No. 21-70490

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-815-324

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** Seattle, Washington

Before: NGUYEN, MILLER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Lidia Raquel Arias Mercado petitions for review of an order of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her removal

proceedings based on changed country conditions in El Salvador. We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

* 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 “critical question” is “whether circumstances have changed sufficiently

[in the country of removal] that a petitioner…