Carlos Contreras Rivas v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 25 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARLOS ENRIQUE CONTRERAS RIVAS, No. 20-73031

Petitioner, Agency No. A071-520-267

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Carlos Enrique Contreras Rivas, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review

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

an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), cancellation

of removal, and special rule cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (“NACARA”). We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny in…