Ayala-Valencia
Ayala-Valencia v. Garland
Opinion
Opinion
FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUN 7 2024
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FRANCISCO AYALA-VALENCIA, No. 23-261
Petitioner, Agency No.
A216-639-713
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney MEMORANDUM* General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration Court
Submitted June 5, 2024** Pasadena, California
Before: M. SMITH and BADE, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER,*** District Judge.
* 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). *** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Petitioner Francisco Ayala-Valencia (“Ayala-Valencia”), a native and citizen
of Mexico, seeks review of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) order affirming an
asylum officer’s negative reasonable fear determination. See Andrade-Garcia v.