Yudai Ma v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 8 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YUDAI MA, No. 20-72275

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-532-063

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 6, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, CHRISTEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Yudai Ma, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ ("BIA") decision affirming the immigration

* 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). judge’s ("IJ") denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the

Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny the petition.

1. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s adverse

credibility determination. See Shrestha v. Holder, 590…