Ying Qu v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

DEC 2 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YING QU, No. 15-72811

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-201-315

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 22, 2021** Pasadena, California

Before: KLEINFELD, R. NELSON, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Ying Qu argues that the BIA erred in affirming the IJ’s adverse

credibility finding. Because substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision, see

* 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). Andrade-Garcia v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir. 2016), Qu’s petition is

denied.

When an adverse credibility determination is supported in part by lack of

corroboration, we “undertake a two-step process.” Bhattarai v. Lynch, 835 F.3d

1037, 1043…