Xufeng Zhu v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 18 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XUFENG ZHU, No. 21-70239

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-728-314

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 13, 2026** Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: BYBEE, R. NELSON, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Xufeng Zhu, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a

decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the Immigration

Judge (IJ)’s denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief

under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under

* 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). 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

Where, as here, “the BIA cites [Matter of] Burbano…