Abdelsalam

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 21 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOHAMMED ALSAYED No. 21-787 ABDELSALAM, Agency No.

A208-954-600

Petitioner,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted October 18, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: BEA, CHRISTEN, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BEA.

Mohammed Alsayed Abdelsalam, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for

review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his

second motion to reopen immigration proceedings. The BIA previously determined

that Abdelsalam, a Jehovah’s Witness, has “an objectively reasonable fear of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. persecution” in Egypt based on his religion. An Immigration Judge (“IJ”)

nevertheless found that Abdelsalam was…