Arnulfo Vargas-Cortes v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAR 15 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARNULFO VARGAS-CORTES, No. 21-70322

Petitioner, Agency No. A077-490-813

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration Judge

Submitted March 11, 2022** Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER, BEA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Arnulfo Vargas-Cortes, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks

review of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) determination that Petitioner failed to

establish a reasonable possibility of persecution or torture if he is removed to

* 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). Mexico. Reviewing the IJ’s decision for substantial evidence, Andrade-Garcia v.

Lynch, 828 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir. 2016), we deny the petition.

1. Substantial evidence supports the determination that…