Diego Rivas-Escobar v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 12 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DIEGO RODOLFO RIVAS-ESCOBAR, No. 17-72324

Petitioner, Agency No. A202-149-211

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted August 9, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: RAWLINSON, BADE, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Diego Rodolfo Rivas-Escobar (Rivas), a citizen of El Salvador, petitions for

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

an Immigration Judge (IJ) order denying 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).1 We review

for substantial evidence and may grant relief only if the record compels a…