Erick Villalta 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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

ERICK ANIBAL VILLALTA, No. 18-71208

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-836-650

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.

Erick Villalta, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a

Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s

(“IJ”) denial of his application 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). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252. We review for abuse of discretion “whether the BIA applied the correct

legal standard” in…