Efrain Gutierrez-Gutierrez v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 20 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EFRAIN GUTIERREZ-GUTIERREZ, No. 19-71206

Petitioner, Agency No. A215-552-920

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted January 14, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF,*** District Judge.

* 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). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. Efrain Gutierrez-Gutierrez (Petitioner), a citizen of Honduras, petitions for

review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

“We…