Garfield Greenwood v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GARFIELD GREENWOOD, AKA Errol No. 17-72389 Brown, AKA Ivan Daniel, Petitioner, Agency No.

A076-186-391

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.

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

Submitted March 9, 2022 * Pasadena, California

Filed June 16, 2022

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Kenneth K. Lee, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Lee

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). SUMMARY **

Immigration

Denying in part and dismissing in part Garfield Greenwood’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his motion to reopen based on changed country conditions, the panel held that the Board may rely on a previous adverse credibility determination to deny a motion to reopen if that earlier finding still factually undermines the petitioner’s new argument.

Greenwood, AKA Errol Brown and Ivan Daniel, asserted that changed circumstances in his native…