Rodriguez Vitela v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ VITELA, No. 23-1734 Agency No. Petitioner, A098-005-551 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of an Immigration Judge

Submitted February 21, 2024**

Before: FERNANDEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges

Fernando Rodriguez Vitela, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se

for review of an immigration judge’s order affirming an asylum officer’s negative

reasonable fear determination. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

review for substantial evidence the agency’s reasonable fear determination, and we

* 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). review de novo due process challenges to reasonable fear proceedings. Orozco-

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