Yao

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 19 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIANGUO YAO, No. 24-1758 Agency No. Petitioner, A087-846-081 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 14, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, TALLMAN, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Jianguo Yao, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a Board of

Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s denial of his

applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

* 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). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252,

and we review the BIA’s legal conclusions de novo and factual determinations for

substantial…