Gilber Garcia-Ventura v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 30 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MIGUEL ARMANDO BATZ PACHECO, No. 17-70945 aka Gilbert Garcia Ventura Agency No. A205-721-169 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 15, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: BYBEE, CALLAHAN, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Miguel Armando Batz Pacheco, a.k.a. Gilbert Garcia Ventura, a native and

citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’

(the “BIA”) denial of his asylum application and requests for 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”). Before us,

Batz Pacheco raises four issues. He…