MENDOZA-GARCIA v. GARLAND

No. 20-73583.

36 F.4th 989 (2022)

Diego MENDOZA-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Alexander (argued), Lucas & Barba LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Petitioner.

Rebekah Nahas (argued), Trial Attorney; Lindsay Glauner , Senior Litigation Counsel, Criminal Immigration Team; Brian Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Kari E. Hong , Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts; Elisa Steglich , Attorney; Simon Lu and Jill Applegate , Supervised Law Student; University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas; for Amicus Curiae American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Before: Susan P. Graber and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge.


OPINION

Petitioner Diego Mendoza-Garcia, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming his removability and denying his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). The BIA concluded that Petitioner...

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