Shou Xie 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

SHOU QIANG XIE, No. 20-72402

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-456-551

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.

Shou Qiang Xie petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration

Appeals dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his

application for asylum and withholding of removal. (Xie also sought relief under

the Convention Against Torture, but the Board found that he did “not meaningfully

* 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 challenge” the immigration judge’s denial of such relief, and he does not seek

review of that determination here.) We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

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