Yong Jiang v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 13 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YONG JIANG, No. 17-70738

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-892-103

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 8, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER and OWENS, Circuit Judges, and ZOUHARY,*** District Judge.

Petitioner Yong Jiang timely seeks review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s ("IJ") order

* 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). *** The Honorable Jack Zouhary, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation. of removal. Petitioner, a citizen of China and convert to Christianity, claims

religious persecution.

The…