Lu

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 10 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JINXUE LU, No. 23-4178 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-429-134 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted October 24, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, WARDLAW, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Jinxue Lu (“Lu”), a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the

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

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Lu’s applications for asylum, withholding of

removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Where,

as here, the BIA cites Matter of Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872 (B.I.A. 1994), and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. provides its own reasoning, “we review both the IJ’s and the BIA’s decisions.” Ali

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