Celia Santana Alvarenga v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 5 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CELIA MARIA SANTANA ALVARENGA, No. 21-70412

Petitioner, Agency No. A041-690-583

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted April 12, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: CLIFTON and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and REISS,** District Judge.

Petitioner Celia Maria Santana Alvarenga seeks deferral of removal under

the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), asserting that if removed to Mexico she

will more likely than not be placed in a drug rehabilitation facility and subject to

torture. She also contends that prior criminal affiliates or the police will target and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Christina Reiss, United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, sitting by designation. torture her based on her prior drug…