Walter Avila-Velasquez v. Merrick Garland
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 17 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WALTER MAURICIO AVILA- No. 20-71391 VELASQUEZ, AKA Herbert Donaldo Hernandez, Agency No. A074-437-849
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM*
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted March 11, 2022** Phoenix, Arizona
Before: HAWKINS, PAEZ, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Walter Mauricio Avila-Velasquez, a native and citizen of Guatemala,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
denying his applications for withholding of removal and relief under the
* 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). Page 2 of
Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.
1. Avila-Velasquez has, by failing to present a substantive…