Teodoro Batalla-Hurtado v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 11 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TEODORO BATALLA-HURTADO, No. 17-70348

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-975-861

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** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: PAEZ, CLIFTON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Teodoro Batalla-Hurtado (“Batalla-Hurtado”) petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration

judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and

relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under

* 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). 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “We review the [BIA’s] legal [rulings] de novo . . . and its

factual…