Hidisbet Mondragon-Gutierrez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HIDISBET MONDRAGON-GUTIERREZ, No. 17-72976

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-449-314

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 10, 2022** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: PAEZ, CLIFTON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge CLIFTON.

Hidisbet Mondragon-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for

review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an

* 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). Page 2 of

immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of her applications for withholding of removal and

protection under the Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition.

1. The BIA erred in holding that Mondragon-Gutierrez’s…