Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-23 19:00:33.023872+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 23 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MAURA BEATRIZ RAMIREZ                           No.    18-71310
ESCALANTE; et al.,
                                                Agency Nos.       A208-927-324
                Petitioners,                                      A208-927-325

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

                Respondent.

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

                           Submitted January 18, 2022**

Before:      GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

      Maura Beatriz Ramirez Escalante, a native and citizen of El Salvador, and

her minor daughter, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petition pro se for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for asylum,

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture

(“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo

questions of law. Madrigal v. Holder, 716 F.3d 499, 503 (9th Cir. 2013). We

grant the petition for review and remand.

      The agency denied asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection

based on the determination that both petitioners are natives and citizens of El

Salvador. The agency failed, however, to acknowledge and address petitioners’

claims as to the minor petitioner, who is a native and citizen of Guatemala. See

Rios v. Lynch, 807 F.3d 1123, 1126 (9th Cir. 2015) (failure to address a claim

“constitutes error and requires remand.”). Thus, we grant the petition for review

and remand petitioners’ asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims to the

BIA for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura,

537 U.S. 12, 16-18 (2002) (per curiam).

      The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

      The government must bear the costs for this petition for review.

      PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

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