Ruel Ballesteros v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 8 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RUEL SORIANO BALLESTEROS, No. 21-70498

Petitioner, Agency No. A088-662-701

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted June 14, 2024 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Before: CALLAHAN, HURWITZ, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN.

Ruel Ballesteros, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review

of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing an appeal

from an order of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his claims for asylum,

withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture

(“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a). We deny the petition in

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. part and grant it in part.

1. The agency’s determination…