Xia Chen v. Merrick Garland
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 13 2024
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
XIA CHEN, No. 16-73364 Agency No. Petitioner, A088-450-750 v.
MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted August 21, 2024 San Francisco, California
Before: BERZON, BRESS, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision
dismissing her appeal of the denial by an Immigration Judge (IJ) of asylum,
withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) relief. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.
“Where, as here, the BIA agrees with the IJ’s reasoning, we review both
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. decisions.” Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Garland, 69 F.4th 1012, 1016 (9th Cir. 2023)
(citation and internal quotation marks omitted). “We review the agency’s…