Feliciano Hernandez Cipriano v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

JUL 22 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Feliciano Hernandez Cipriano, No. 21-318 Petitioner, Agency No. A208-085-697 v. Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Attorney

MEMORANDUM*

General, Respondent.

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

Submitted July 12, 2022**

Before: SCHROEDER, R. NELSON, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Feliciano Hernandez Cipriano, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his

appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum

and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

review de novo the legal question of whether a particular social group is

cognizable, except to the extent that deference is owed to the BIA’s

* 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…