Bide Zhen v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 15 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BIDE ZHEN, aka BIDE ZHENG, No. 20-72312

Petitioner, Agency No. A202-150-872

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 13, 2021** Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: O’SCANNLAIN, MILLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Bide Zhen, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of an order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”)

denial of asylum and withholding of removal. Zhen claims that she faced police

persecution in China based on her political opinion. We have jurisdiction under

* 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). U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence…