Enoc Calix Diaz v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUN 15 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ENOC CALIX DIAZ, No. 17-71713

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-637-268

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 13, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Enoc Calix Diaz (Calix Diaz), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions

for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his

appeal of the denial by an immigration judge (IJ) of asylum, withholding of

* 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). removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).1 Calix Diaz

contends that the denial of withholding of removal was not based on substantial

evidence, and that he…