Shuhui Cao v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

OCT 18 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHUHUI CAO, No. 20-72136

Petitioner, Agency No. A209-939-892

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD, BERZON, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

This appeal arises from Petitioner Shu Hui Cao’s challenge to the Board of

Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) denial of his claims for asylum, withholding of

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) claims.

Petitioner is a Chinese citizen and native who allegedly fled China after being

persecuted and beaten for his belief in Christianity. After Petitioner’s hearing

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. before the immigration judge (“IJ”), the IJ made an adverse credibility

determination based on inconsistencies between Petitioner’s oral…