Gonzalez Lara v. Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TANIA LIZETH No. 23-459

GONZALEZ-LARA,

Agency No. Petitioners, A216-443-270

v.

OPINION

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 17, 2024* San Francisco, California

Filed June 17, 2024

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sidney R. Thomas

* The panel granted Petitioner’s unopposed motion to submit this case on the briefs. GONZALEZ-LARA V. GARLAND

SUMMARY**

Immigration

Denying Tania Lizeth Gonzalez-Lara’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel concluded that: 1) the BIA erred in denying her motion to remand, but the error was harmless; and 2) substantial evidence supported the denial of asylum and related relief. During the pendency of her appeal to the BIA, Gonzalez- Lara filed a motion to remand to apply for voluntary departure following the change in law presented by Posos- Sanchez v. Garland, 3 F.4th 1176 (9th Cir. 2021).…