Mario Flores Molina v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIO RAJIB FLORES MOLINA, Nos. 19-73028 Petitioner, 20-71774

v. Agency No.

A215-879-596

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. OPINION

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

Argued and Submitted April 14, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed June 13, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Paez; Concurrence by Judge Korman; Dissent by Judge VanDyke

* The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Immigration

The panel (1) granted Mario Rajib Flores Molina’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming an immigration judge’s denial of asylum and related relief, and remanded, holding that the record compelled a finding that Flores Molina’s past experiences constituted persecution and that the Board erred in its analysis of other issues; and (2) dismissed as moot…