Emeterio Rodriguez-Cortez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 13 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EMETERIO RODRIGUEZ-CORTEZ, No. 19-73206

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-715-722

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 11, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and HELLERSTEIN, *** District Judge.

Emeterio Rodriguez-Cortez (“Petitioner”), a native and citizen of Mexico,

seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming

* 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 Alvin K. Hellerstein, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. the denial by an immigration judge (“IJ”) of Petitioner’s applications…