Samayoa Rodriguez v. Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 4 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALDO SAMAYOA-RODRIGUEZ, No. 23-97 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-199-745 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 2, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON, VANDYKE, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Ronaldo Samayoa-Rodriguez (Samayoa-Rodriguez), a native and

citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’

(BIA) dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision denying

* 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). his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture (CAT).1 The BIA denied Samayoa-Rodriguez’s

appeal because it…