Mateo Jesus-Pedro v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 10 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MATEO JESUS-PEDRO, No. 21-70104

Petitioner, Agency No. A097-610-816

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 16, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,** District Judge.

Mateo Jesus-Pedro (“Jesus-Pedro”), a native and citizen of Guatemala,

appeals from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming

the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for withholding of removal

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. “Where, as here, the…