Cortez-Barrera

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 1 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CLAUDIA VIOLETA CORTEZ- No. 22-840 BARRERA; MEILING VIOLETA PEREZ- Agency Nos.

CORTEZ; JOSE LEONARDO PEREZ- A215-584-645

CORTEZ, A215-584-646

A215-584-647

Petitioners,

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 11, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, FRIEDLAND and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Claudia Cortez-Barrera, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for

review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding a

denial by the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) of her application for asylum,

withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture

(“CAT”). Her two minor children, Meiling and Jose Perez-Cortez, are included

* This disposition is not appropriate for…