Mardo Rivas-Garcia v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 12 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARDO TULIO RIVAS-GARCIA, No. 15-73022

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-199-446

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted April 7, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and GRABER and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Mardo Tulio Rivas-Garcia, a native and citizen of Guatemala,

seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”),

dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision that denied his

* 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). applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture. We review the agency’s factual findings for

substantial evidence, Guo…