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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 25 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CONG MA, No. 21-325 Agency No. Petitioner, A209-779-453 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. Dissent by Judge FORREST,

Cong Ma petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA)

decision to deny asylum and withholding of removal. We deny the petition. We

also deny the motion to stay removal. See Dkt. No. 3.

“Our review is limited to those grounds explicitly relied upon by the Board.”

* 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). Budiono v. Lynch, 837 F.3d 1042, 1046 (9th Cir. 2016). “Because the BIA expressed

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