Jinyao Zhao v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 21 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JINYAO ZHAO, No. 15-72110

Petitioner, Agency No. A099-444-070

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 19, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, OWENS, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Jinyao Zhao, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his applications for asylum and

* 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). withholding of removal.1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we

deny Zhao’s petition.

1. Zhao first argues that the BIA erred in upholding the immigration

judge’s (“IJ”) adverse credibility finding. “We review factual…