UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOSE LUIS FLORES-VASQUEZ, No. 20-73447

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-080-952 v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted November 9, 2022 Portland, Oregon

Filed August 31, 2023 Before: Patrick J. Bumatay and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges, and M. Miller Baker, * International Trade Judge.

Opinion by Judge Sanchez; Dissent by Judge Baker * The Honorable M. Miller Baker, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. 2 FLORES-VASQUEZ V. GARLAND

SUMMARY **

Immigration

The panel granted a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of an appeal of an immigration judge’s order denying petitioner Jose