Enguang Wang v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Enguang Wang, 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 and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir. 2008), and we review de novo questions of law, Jiang v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1086, 1091 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that, even if credible, Wang failed to establish he was persecuted for engaging in “other resistance” to China’s family planning policy. See He v. Holder, 749 F,3d 792, 796 (9th Cir. 2014) (petitioner’s actions “did not display the overt and persistent defiance required for a showing of other resistance”) (internal quotations and citation omitted). We reject Wang’s contentions that the BIA misinterpreted or misapplied the statute, or that it analyzed his claim improperly. See Jiang, 611 F.3d at 1091-94 . Further, substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Wang did not establish a…