Maria Cardenas v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 7 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA ISABEL CARDENAS, No. 20-72766

Petitioner, Agency No. A077-126-728

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 5, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: SCHROEDER, S.R. THOMAS, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Maria Cardenas, a native of Mexico and lawful permanent

resident of the United States, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (BIA) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

* 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). protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Cardenas was subject to

a removal order for the offense of harboring an alien who was in the country “in

violation of law.” 8…