Jose Ramirez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 10 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE LEONARDO RAMIREZ, No. 19-71960

Petitioner, Agency No. A099-531-493

v.

MEMORANDUM *

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 3, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: McKEOWN, BYBEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Jose Leonardo Ramirez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of the

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection

under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We review de novo the BIA’s legal

conclusions, Parada v. Sessions, 902 F.3d 901, 908 (9th Cir. 2018), including

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. whether a “particular social group” is cognizable, Cordoba v. Barr, 962 F.3d 479,

482 (9th Cir. 2020). Factual…