Zhao

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 21 2010

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ZHI QIANG ZHAO, No. 06-74150

Petitioner, Agency No. A079-658-680

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted January 11, 2010 **

Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Zhi Qiang Zhao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration

judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

KN/Research protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Don v. Gonzales,…