Josue Umana-Escobar v. Merrick Garland
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSUE UMANA-ESCOBAR, No. 19-70964
Petitioner, Agency No.
A205-474-027
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney ORDER AND General, AMENDED
OPINION
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted January 11, 2023 Pasadena, California
Filed March 17, 2023 Amended May 23, 2023
Before: Paul J. Watford, Michelle T. Friedland, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.
Order; Opinion by Judge Bennett 2 UMANA-ESCOBAR V. GARLAND
SUMMARY *
Immigration
The panel filed: 1) an order withdrawing the opinion filed March 17, 2023, and reported at 62 F.4th 1223 (9th Cir. 2023), replacing that opinion with a concurrently filed amended opinion and, with these amendments, denying the government’s motion to amend; and 2) an amended opinion denying in part and granting in part Josue Umana-Escobar’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, and remanding. In the amended opinion, the panel: (1) denied the petition as to Umana-Escobar’s unexhausted…