FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
OCT 6 2021
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
YAZMIN RIVERA OROZCO; et al., No. 19-73280
Petitioners, Agency Nos. A206-917-066
A206-917-067
v. A206-917-068
A206-917-069
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,
MEMORANDUM*
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 4, 2021**
Portland, Oregon
Before: W. FLETCHER, IKUTA, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.
Yazmin Rivera Orozco seeks review of a decision of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ)
*
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).
denying her claims for asylum and withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1231(b)(3). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.
The agency’s conclusion that it would be reasonable to expect Rivera-
Orozco to relocate to another part of Mexico was supported by substantial
evidence, including its findings that the Knights Templar cartel is a localized
threat, Rivera Orozco’s family lives peacefully in Mexico, and some work is
available in Mexico and she is physically capable of working. Rivera Orozco’s
situation, therefore, was not analogous to the situation of an elderly couple who
had “no means of supporting themselves” and had no family in the proposed
country of removal. Knezevic v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1206, 1214–15 (9th Cir. 2004).
Rivera Orozco did not dispute the agency’s findings that she did not suffer past
persecution, or that it would be possible for her to avoid future persecution by
relocating elsewhere in Mexico. Therefore, the agency did not err in concluding
that Rivera-Orozco was not eligible for asylum or withholding of removal. See 8
C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(2)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(b)(2). We reject Rivera Orozco’s
argument that generalized violence in Mexico compels a contrary result. See
Hussain v. Rosen, 985 F.3d 634, 648–49 (9th Cir. 2021).
PETITION DENIED
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