Elmer Hernandez-Martinez v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUN 8 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELMER HERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, No. 20-72803

Petitioner, Agency No. A072-398-348

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 18, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: KLEINFELD, MILLER, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Elmer Hernandez-Martinez argues in his petition for review that the Board

of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) erred in affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”)

decision to deny his applications for withholding of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1231(b)(3)(A) and for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition.

Petitioner argues his proffered social groups are legally cognizable.

However, he does not point to any evidence in the record indicating…