Trinidad Tepale v. Eric Holder, Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Trinidad Tepale v. Eric Holder, Jr., 585 F. App'x 676 (9th Cir. 2014)
Leayy, Fisher, Smith

Trinidad Tepale v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Trinidad Tepale, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review and remand.

Tepale fears future persecution in Mexico by gangs. In denying Tepale’s withholding of removal claim, the agency found Tepale failed to establish a fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. When the IJ and BIA issued their decisions in this case, they did not have the benefit of this court’s decisions in Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, 707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2013) (en banc), Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2013), and Pirir-Boc v. Holder, 750 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2014), or the BIA’s decisions in Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 227 (BIA 2014), and Matter of W-G-R-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 208 (BIA 2014). Thus, we remand Tepale’s withholding of removal claim to determine the impact, if any, of these decisions. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Trinidad TEPALE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished