Cristobal Lucas Santos v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 7 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CRISTOBAL SANTIAGO LUCAS No. 18-71544

SANTOS,

Agency No. A208-417-844 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.

Cristobal Santiago Lucas Santos (“Lucas Santos”), a native and citizen of

Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (the “BIA”)

dismissal of his appeal and denial of his applications for 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 protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Before

us Lucas Santos asserts that: (1) he was…