Alex Perez-Carranza v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 16 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALEX FRANCISCO PEREZ-CARRANZA, No. 15-73835

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-885-250

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** Seattle, Washington

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

Alex Francisco Perez-Carranza, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions

for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal

from an immigration judge’s denial of his asylum application. 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). An asylum applicant must establish a nexus between the persecution suffered

or feared and a protected ground,…